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In Defence of the Graded Report Card
In a piece for the TES Bernard Trafford wrote that: Assessment is linked, of course, to the whole question of reporting. Many parents still love nice, simple effort and attainment… Read more
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Creativity and Collaboration
“In the popular imagination,” writes Tim Blanning in his wonderful book ‘The Romantic Revolution’, “Beethoven was the romantic hero par excellence: the lonely, afflicted, uncompromising, utterly original genius, ‘a man… Read more
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Lenin and Rand: Why the Need to Disrupt Our Schools?
When I was growing up a significant number of people on the left were intent on destroying capitalism. They loathed its focus on the individual and extolled the virtue of… Read more
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A Knowledge Based Liberal Arts and Sciences Curriculum. Curriculum Series Number Seven.
A liberal education is focused on teaching knowledge ‘for its own sake’. The two words ‘liberal’ and ‘arts’ might stand somewhat awkwardly in our current landscape, the phrase implies freeing… Read more
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Hirsch and Bruner: Two Knowledge-Based Curricula Models. Curriculum Series Number Six
Hirsch’s ‘Communal knowledge’ curriculum and aspects of Bruner’s ‘Spiral Curriculum’ are both predicated on the importance of teaching knowledge. Bruner’s might be a controversial choice as he is sometimes seen… Read more
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What is a Knowledge-Based Curriculum? Curriculum Series Number Five.
In the fourth post of this series I suggested that all curricula teach knowledge and therefore some people think the idea of a ‘knowledge-based’ curriculum is no different as all… Read more
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The Progressive Curriculum. Curriculum Series Number Four.
All curricula involve the teaching of knowledge which is why some people baulk at the idea of a ‘knowledge-based curriculum’. ‘We all teach knowledge’ they point out, as if there… Read more
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What is a Curriculum? Curriculum Series Number Three.
What is meant by the word curriculum? The online OED definition is quite narrow: The subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college. Decide your course, list… Read more
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Curriculum Series Number Two: Curriculum Aims, ‘The Why’…
The why of curriculum design is a hugely contested area, it is tied in to the ‘why’ of school itself and is driven by politics, values, ideology and what one… Read more
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