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education and culture
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.
More students and more degrees do not a smarter country make
The Australian,
4 February 2012
Unfortunately Australia has adopted Britain's policy of increasing the number of students studying in higher education beyond the point where it makes sense.
A vision of art for art’s sake, not for measuring individual political agendas
The Australian,
9 December 2011
In the real world art does not in the least resemble the role of a community pain relief assigned to it by officialdom.
The past is not history but should be retold as part of our future
The Australian,
27 August 2011
One of the most important challenges facing Australia is whether it is prepared to engage with the legacy of its past and ensure that its history becomes a continuous part of its national conversation.
‘We name and shame the evil tabloid hacks!’
spiked,
11 July 2011
The cultural elite’s crusade against News International is only a more erudite version of the News of the World’s war on perverts.
Fördert das Lesen, nicht die Lesekompetenz!
Novo Argumente,
4 July 2011
In westlichen Gesellschaften erleben wir gerade, wie sich ein nicht unbedeutender Teil der Gesellschaft mehr und mehr von der Welt der Bücher und des Lesens entfremdet.
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