I finished Guy Claxton’s new book – What’s the point of school? a couple of days ago, just in time to chair a panel debate yesterday at the RSAat which he was the main speaker (the audio will be on the RSA site in the next few day).
This past few weeks’ convulsions in the banking system have [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘subject disciplines’
October 3, 2008
Knowledge vs. habits of mind (oh, and how many spokes does the London Eye have?)
October 1, 2008
Moving on from Knowledge vs. Skills
As we get to the end of the party conference season, it is clear that the Conservative’s message of increasing schools freedoms and championing of the Swedish system is beginning to resonate with teachers.
There is a second half to their message which gets less coverage, but is of just as much importance. I sat [...]
