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education and culture
Hating Wills’n’Kate: the new conformism
spiked,
16 December 2010
The smart set’s disdain for the royal engagement is driven less by republicanism than by a desire to prove their superiority to the masses.
Blase boredom shows contempt for the crowds
The Australian,
27 November 2010
The elites belittle a joyous occasion.
Celebrity Culture
Society,
29 September 2010
The ascendancy of the celebrity is one of the distinctive features of late twentieth and early 21st century western culture.
Why I will always stand up for permissiveness
spiked,
15 June 2010
The liberal commentators now deifying Mary Whitehouse are wrong to blame Sixties experimentation for contemporary decadence.
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.
Now is the age of the discontented
Times Higher Education,
4 June 2009
The consumer culture has contaminated higher education and student complaints are rising. Some academics, fearing litigation or poor assessment, offer flattery instead of feedback. No one benefits.
Tegenlicht - Hoogvliegen in laagland
VPRO,
27 March 2009
Rob Wijnberg in gesprek met Frank Furedi, Brits socioloog en auteur van o.a. het spraakmakende boek Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?.
Nine out of ten dogmas
Times Higher Education,
20 November 2008
The assumptions, agendas and distinctly iffy data behind those ubiquitous words, 'research shows'.
Feeding a fine hunger
Times Higher Education,
30 October 2008
Whatever their social and cultural backgrounds, students will flourish if we take them seriously and impart a love of our subject.
Britain’s War Against Competitive Sports
Pajamas Media,
19 October 2008
Kids understand that when nobody loses, nobody wins. Why don't the anti-competition crusaders?
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