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Tonight we enjoyed a wide ranging conversation with the Real David Cameron – or should that be “Professor”? Why are we always revisiting the past in education policy and why is there not more debate about the role and nature of an ‘academic’ curriculum in contemporary society?
This flowed into a discussion on social mobility: “Birth weight among social mobility checks – Nick Clegg” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18154730
Matthew is caught reading the Daily Mail, he claims it is only to expose some scurrilous journalism – he may have a point: Daily Mail claims that: “New Scottish school curriculum teaches students Britain is an ‘arch-imperialist villain’” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2146719/Anger-SNP-rewrite-history-New-school-curriculum-downplays-role-British-Empire.html
More dodgy and unevidenced claims?: Arnold Clark: One of Scotland’s largest companies has accused many of the country’s young people of not being fit for the workplace. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18161056
Teachers strike over attempt to force school to become sponsored academy. Parents join demonstration at Downhills primary http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/may/22/teachers-strike-over-school-academy-status
Also mentioned tonight: The Longer Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Longer-Long-Tail-Unlimited/dp/1847940366/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337805740&sr=1-1
Curriculum for Excellence video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyBsRn2vIlE
A hot bed of education debate and sharing: http://www.pedagoo.org/
Not mentioned but a good spoof on current workload intensification in higher education: http://departmentofomnishambles.tumblr.com/
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