Tag Archives: education and social justice Unfortunately Jay could not be with us tonight, which means Matthew and Steve get to ramble a bit more and start to imagine how we might reconfigure education for a more equitable system. Probably beyond our capacity to think clearly but you have got to start somewhere. Matthew, in the de Bono tradition, lobs Steve…  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:…  Tonight we have a discussion/dialogue/think or just a rant about the distorting effects of league tables and the need for some more innovation in the system rather than just asking creative teachers to work harder. Its starts off with a story about achievement: Hannah Richardson and Katherine Sellgren BBC story “struggling pupils don’t catch up,… Super Gove or Super Mario? Some plaudits for Gove this week, although hang on we can’t go overboard, as he sees a computer game for maths and praises its potential, while game developers roll their eyes at his missing the bigger picture: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/jul/05/michael-gove-games-education Institute of Education research on what it takes for disadvantaged children to… |
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