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(Apologies to Ang Lee)
Discussing a paper Steve presented at a Cambridge University conference, well it impressed Matthew anyway!
D(r)aft curriculum reform from the English Secretary of State http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/curriculum/nationalcurriculum/a00210036/sosletter
Jeevan Vasagar, Guardian Education Editor: “Michael Gove’s curriculum attacked by expert who advised him: Andrew Pollard says education secretary’s proposed changes are too prescriptive and ‘fatally flawed’” http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jun/12/michael-gove-curriculum-attacked-adviser
Andrew Pollard’s blog on the curriculum reform http://ioelondonblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/proposed-primary-curriculum-what-about-the-pupils/
China: The world’s cleverest country? By Sean Coughlan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17585201
Learning ‘infantilised’ by relying on internet By Sean Coughlan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18410520
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Former teacher, local authority and Ofsted inspector and consultant. Now freelannce journalist and writer.
Michael Gove seems to be getting so many things wrong, while making disparaging, inaccurate and inappropriate remarks to anyone who criticises him.