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Independent Thinking

Can you be too independent?

2014-10-01T22:30:48+01:00October 1st, 2014|Featured|

If the man doesn’t believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we can’t burn him. Mark Twain Today I discovered I had been 'let go' by Independent Thinking Ltd. Of course accidents happen, but I hadn't received this email so it came as something of a shock. This post is in no way intended to be sour; it is merely an attempt to work through how I feel. For those those of you who may not be aware, ITL are essentially a employment agency for education consultants. Here [...]

Knowledge is power

2013-09-25T21:14:34+01:00October 21st, 2012|learning, myths, SOLO|

I've been having a bit of think this week. Firstly I read Daisy Christodoulou's post on Hirsch's Core Knowledge curriculum. She points out that Hirsch, oft-condemned for being the darling of ideologues like Mickey Gove is, in his own words 'a quasi socialist' and big mates with Diane Ravitch (who is nobody's fool.) Then I listened to the hugely entertaining Jonathan Lear give an excellent presentation at Independent Thinking's Big Day Out in Bristol on Friday and like any speaker worth their salt he got me thinking. His point, if I may make so bold as to attempt a precis, is that [...]

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