Reading for Battle
Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Education
Personalised Learning
General Teaching Council advice to Government and response to the 2020 Vision report.
The General Teaching Council for England, March 2007
General Teaching Council advice to Government and response to the 2020 Vision report.
The General Teaching Council for England, March 2007
Social engineers
We rightly look at schools to solve the problems of society, so if they are to deliver, we need to take a good look at the support we give them.
Estelle Morris, Guardian Education, 26 February 2007
We rightly look at schools to solve the problems of society, so if they are to deliver, we need to take a good look at the support we give them.
Estelle Morris, Guardian Education, 26 February 2007
Overcoming the resistances to innovation in the classroom
The classroom and the school have become multi-disciplinary, dynamic and nurturing spaces for learning and education. Well, this may seem unproblematic, but on closer inspection this perception of education in UK classrooms becomes more troubled.
Nick Soucek, Futurelab, 1 February 2007
The classroom and the school have become multi-disciplinary, dynamic and nurturing spaces for learning and education. Well, this may seem unproblematic, but on closer inspection this perception of education in UK classrooms becomes more troubled.
Nick Soucek, Futurelab, 1 February 2007
What schools are for and why
The academic, subject-based curriculum is a middle class creation. Success in it has become a badge of belonging to, or being fit to belong to, that class
John White, IMPACT Pamphlet No 14: Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, January 2007
Schools 'must teach Britishness'
Schools in England should teach 'core British values' alongside cultural diversity, a report says.
BBC News, 25 January 2007
Schools in England should teach 'core British values' alongside cultural diversity, a report says.
BBC News, 25 January 2007
The language of music
If you want to instil appreciation and fluency, music is most effectively taught when kids are young
Philippa Ibbotson, Guardian, 17 January 2007
If you want to instil appreciation and fluency, music is most effectively taught when kids are young
Philippa Ibbotson, Guardian, 17 January 2007
Shhh, let's not tell the kids what we're trying to do
I dare teachers reading this to try a week where they don't share lesson objectives with the pupils, and see what difference it makes to their learning
Philips Beadle, Guardian Education, 16 January 2007
I dare teachers reading this to try a week where they don't share lesson objectives with the pupils, and see what difference it makes to their learning
Philips Beadle, Guardian Education, 16 January 2007
£10m funding to boost music education
‘Music is a powerful learning tool which can build children’s confidence, teamwork and language skills’
staff writer, DfES, 15 January 2007
‘Music is a powerful learning tool which can build children’s confidence, teamwork and language skills’
staff writer, DfES, 15 January 2007
The energy challenge: can we keep the lights on?
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