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“Are you a teacher who is suffering from professional dehydration? If so, you might find the Battle of Ideas to be just the tonic. If won’t provide you with any evidence of ‘best practice’, or even the slightest notion of ‘what works’. It will, however, drench you in controversy and steep you in new ideas. And this may again whet your appetite for teaching.” |
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"I have been doing the Battle of Ideas for a couple of years, but never before have I felt so heartened and so alive as the day ended. The spectacle of so many fascinating minds, none too proud to agree, none too modern to disagree, all at work on the most important questions of this rocky period: it's enough to make you believe there's hope for the species, yet."
Zoe Williams, columnist, Guardian; author, What Not to Expect When You're Expecting
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