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education and culture
The philistines have taken over the classroom
spiked,
3 April 2013
How did we get to a situation where teachers are even more cavalier about knowledge and serious schooling than politicians are?
Unruly children: How did ‘discipline’ become a dirty word?
Independent,
25 March 2013
The term now implies an abuse of power. And punishment of children is frequently represented as a violation of human rights.
The use and abuse of history
spiked,
25 February 2013
Those complaining about Michael Gove’s new history curriculum are driven by a philistine obsession with skills over knowledge.
The unhappiness principle
Times Higher Education,
29 November 2012
Learning outcomes are frequently dismissed as a nuisance to be dutifully completed and swiftly put aside, but their prescriptive nature and underlying utilitarian ethos make them an altogether more corrosive influence on higher education.
Why teachers should aspire to be scholars
spiked,
18 July 2012
Too many educationalists today believe an intellectually informed curriculum is only suitable for the elites and not the masses.
Quality curriculum, not more funding, is the key to a better education system
The Australian,
28 April 2012
By all rights education should be at the heart of political debate in Australia. Unfortunately, there appears to be a reluctance to discuss what is really going on in the classroom.
Traditi dalla scuola
Avvenire,
22 March 2012
INTERVISTA. L’allarme del sociologo Frank Furedi: «C’è troppa retorica sull’apprendimento costante, occorre riscoprire il valore dell’istruzione».
Bob Dylan and the birth of The Sixties
spiked,
19 March 2012
On the 50th anniversary of the release of Dylan's first album, Frank Furedi looks back at that decade of tumult.
Satisfaction and its discontents
Times Higher Education,
8 March 2012
The National Student Survey puts pressure on lecturers to provide 'enhanced' experiences. But, argues Frank Furedi, the results do not measure educational quality and the process infantilises students and corrodes academic integrity.
Raise status of teachers, add some authority and watch our students blossom
The Australian,
3 March 2012
Financial investment does not, on its own, improve the quality of education.
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