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Articles by Frank Furedi
Conversational gambit
Times Higher Education,
17 December 2009
'High-quality feedback' is an ongoing, interactive process. By Frank Furedi.
Turning children into Orwellian eco-spies
spiked,
15 December 2009
Frank Furedi recalls being educated through fear in Stalinist Hungary, and is disturbed that the same tactics are now used by environmentalists.
Treating human beings as little more than carbon
spiked,
7 December 2009
As the Copenhagen summit starts, the rise of eco-Malthusianism shows the anti-human, future-fearing essence of climate-change alarmism.
Anything ‘sustainable’ is not worth having
spiked,
1 December 2009
A challenge to the cult of sustainability and restraint that is growing in response to the economic recession.
We don’t need another conspiracy theory
spiked,
24 November 2009
The sceptics poring over those ‘Climategate’ emails are indulging in easy conspiracy-mongering rather than having a tough, grown-up debate.
The Forum
BBC World Service,
22 November 2009
Frank Furedi, Sabrina Maniscalco and Tahmima Anam on education, entanglement and epiphany.
Elevating environmentalism over ‘less worthy’ lifestyles
spiked,
9 November 2009
The legal ruling that a belief in climate change is similar to a religious conviction seriously damages science, philosophy and democracy.
Older generation of bad faith
Weekend Australian,
7 November 2009
Education in the West is no longer working because it has become about the new rather than renewal. By Frank Furedi.
Rethinking education – the new crisis of adult authority in the classroom
Battle of Ideas,
4 November 2009
Lecture: What are the consequences when teachers flounder and accommodate to the inclinations and feelings of children?
Whatever happened to adults?
Sunday Herald,
1 November 2009
Essay of the week: Children are winning the power struggle between generations. By Frank Furedi.
Give teachers authority or betray our children
London Evening Standard,
29 October 2009
As a society, we are obsessed with education. But we seem to have given up on the idea that the person who knows best in the classroom is the teacher.
The teachers who can do no right
The Times (London),
27 October 2009
A report claims that a third of teachers have been falsely accused of wrongdoing. It's time parents recognised their responsibilities. By Frank Furedi.
Terrorised by toddlers
Sunday Times,
25 October 2009
Schools now expel pupils as young as three. Are children so bad? No – it’s adults’ fault.
Make children embrace the boredom
TES,
23 October 2009
Forget gimmicks and 'motivational techniques' - it's time to resurrect the lost art of serious schooling. By Frank Furedi.
Working mums are now seen as suspect
Daily Express,
29 September 2009
Every sensible adult can see there is something terribly wrong when two working mothers are targeted by officialdom for failing to register with Ofsted to complete a criminal record check.
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