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
Socrates For Six Year Olds
This clip* shows Dr. Catherine McCall with a class of 5 and 6 year olds in Sept 1989 after 4 sessions of CoPI, and in May 1990 after 25 one-hour-long sessions of CoPI.
Dr. Catherine McCall, YouTube, 1989
This clip* shows Dr. Catherine McCall with a class of 5 and 6 year olds in Sept 1989 after 4 sessions of CoPI, and in May 1990 after 25 one-hour-long sessions of CoPI.
Dr. Catherine McCall, YouTube, 1989
Sympathy for the Devil
The received wisdom was that teenagers didn't read, or else they read adult stuff and by and large, this was true. Even today there's a great deal of soul searching about boys in particular not reading. But is it because books are only for old and uncool people, like opera or bingo? Or could it be that the books that might interest people of that age are simply not written?
Melvin Burgess,
The received wisdom was that teenagers didn't read, or else they read adult stuff and by and large, this was true. Even today there's a great deal of soul searching about boys in particular not reading. But is it because books are only for old and uncool people, like opera or bingo? Or could it be that the books that might interest people of that age are simply not written?
Melvin Burgess,
What philosophy with children is not
Increasingly the theory and practice of Philosophy with Children (P4C) is critiqued by colleagues in academia. This Symposium opens up a space to respond to some of this critique.
Karin Murris et al, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain,
Increasingly the theory and practice of Philosophy with Children (P4C) is critiqued by colleagues in academia. This Symposium opens up a space to respond to some of this critique.
Karin Murris et al, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain,
Labor, Leisure, and Liberal Education
Education is a practical activity. It is concerned with means to be employed or devised for the achievement of an end.
Mortimer Adler,
Education is a practical activity. It is concerned with means to be employed or devised for the achievement of an end.
Mortimer Adler,
Nicola Morgan's Brain Pages
Section of speaker Nicola Morgan's website that details her writing and research on brain related matters:
Nicola Morgan
Section of speaker Nicola Morgan's website that details her writing and research on brain related matters:
Nicola Morgan
What's in a game?
Interview with Derek Robertson on his use of new technologies to enhance students’ maths attainment.
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Interview with Derek Robertson on his use of new technologies to enhance students’ maths attainment.
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Neuroscience and Education: Issues and Opportunities
Explores the scope for our emerging knowledge of the working of the brain to contribute to better educational outcomes, especially for children.
Teaching and Learning Research Programme
Explores the scope for our emerging knowledge of the working of the brain to contribute to better educational outcomes, especially for children.
Teaching and Learning Research Programme
Features of good homework practice
Government guidance on the setting of homework including references to parental engagement.
The Standards Site, department for children, schools and families
Government guidance on the setting of homework including references to parental engagement.
The Standards Site, department for children, schools and families
Music Manifesto website
The musical education strategy for the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport and the Department for Education and Skills
The musical education strategy for the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport and the Department for Education and Skills
The Giants of Asia
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