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
What makes a good teacher?
Listen to Education Forum member Toby Marshall interview fellow member Shirley Lawes. With university-based teacher training increasingly under attack from the UK Coalition government, Toby asks: what makes a good teacher?
Toby Marshall and Shirley Lawes, IoI Education Forum, 20 September 2010
Listen to Education Forum member Toby Marshall interview fellow member Shirley Lawes. With university-based teacher training increasingly under attack from the UK Coalition government, Toby asks: what makes a good teacher?
Toby Marshall and Shirley Lawes, IoI Education Forum, 20 September 2010
Class war in the classroom
The free schools say they are all-inclusive. But by making Latin compulsory or stressing church attendance, will they be operating selection systems by stealth?
Alice Miles, New Statesman, 14 September 2010
The free schools say they are all-inclusive. But by making Latin compulsory or stressing church attendance, will they be operating selection systems by stealth?
Alice Miles, New Statesman, 14 September 2010
Tomorrow's Teacher: tomorrow's professional
Teachers play a crucial role in supporting the learning experience of young people and adult learners. They are key players in how education systems evolve and in the implementation of social, educational and economic reforms.
Sonia Blandford, teachers.tv
Teachers play a crucial role in supporting the learning experience of young people and adult learners. They are key players in how education systems evolve and in the implementation of social, educational and economic reforms.
Sonia Blandford, teachers.tv
Extraordinary School for Boys: helping boys love literacy
After fresh reports of the widening gender gap in the classroom, Gareth Malone tells how he helped some pupils to learn to love literacy .
Gareth Malone, Daily Telegraph, 2 September 2010
After fresh reports of the widening gender gap in the classroom, Gareth Malone tells how he helped some pupils to learn to love literacy .
Gareth Malone, Daily Telegraph, 2 September 2010
We can work it out
As graduates struggle to find employment, universities are having to think more creatively about how to prepare them for the workplace
Rebecca Attwood, Times Higher Education, 2 September 2010
As graduates struggle to find employment, universities are having to think more creatively about how to prepare them for the workplace
Rebecca Attwood, Times Higher Education, 2 September 2010
Academies will give more children a chance
New types of schools can educate without the burden of bureaucracy
Michael Gove, Daily Telegraph, 2 September 2010
New types of schools can educate without the burden of bureaucracy
Michael Gove, Daily Telegraph, 2 September 2010
Consultation with Association for Language Learning Members
In the week beginning 20 September 2010 the Association carried out a wide-ranging consultation exercise with its members, inviting their thoughts on the current state of language teaching in the UK, on government policy for languages and its implementation in schools and other educational institutions, and on the public perception of language learning.
Association for Language Learning, September 2010
In the week beginning 20 September 2010 the Association carried out a wide-ranging consultation exercise with its members, inviting their thoughts on the current state of language teaching in the UK, on government policy for languages and its implementation in schools and other educational institutions, and on the public perception of language learning.
Association for Language Learning, September 2010
Learning a foreign language: Now you're talking
When it comes to learning languages in the UK, we are notoriously apathetic – but it is never too late to start. As Jeremy Hazlehurst says, it could be a great way to boost your career
Jeremy Hazlehurst, Guardian, 28 August 2010
When it comes to learning languages in the UK, we are notoriously apathetic – but it is never too late to start. As Jeremy Hazlehurst says, it could be a great way to boost your career
Jeremy Hazlehurst, Guardian, 28 August 2010
University just isn’t right for everyone
If you’re going to university simply to improve your CV or ‘find yourself’, maybe it’s time for a rethink.
David Perks, spiked, 25 August 2010
If you’re going to university simply to improve your CV or ‘find yourself’, maybe it’s time for a rethink.
David Perks, spiked, 25 August 2010
The weird fashion for bashing faith schools
Far from being factories of conformism, many faith schools turn out youngsters with high levels of BS immunity.
Brendan O'Neill, spiked, 23 August 2010
Far from being factories of conformism, many faith schools turn out youngsters with high levels of BS immunity.
Brendan O'Neill, spiked, 23 August 2010
Evidence-based policy
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Christopher Kelly, reader in Ancient History and Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Corpus Christi College
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