Trivium 21c ltd.

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  • The Socially-Mobile Curriculum

    Curriculum Shorts (Some short musings about curriculum) The thought that the only thing keeping the unwashed hordes from taking up positions at the highest echelons of society is a knowledge-rich curriculum is, somewhat, ludicrous. The idea that by learning a smattering of Latin, the history of kings and queens, Darwinian theories, and iambic pentameter the offspring Read more

  • On A Knowledge-Rich Curriculum

    The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.  – William Ralph Inge “The Training of the Reason”  Do we know that torturing or killing a person for entertainment is wrong? Or is it that we just find it unpalatable? Is it merely guesswork on our part, is truth, outside of Read more

  • Curriculum is Not a Journey. An Argument Against an Aims-Led Approach.

    The curriculum as journey, has a destination. After-all destination is often the point of a journey and one usually makes decisions in the light of where we wish to arrive rather than the possibilities afforded en-route. This goal-directed approach absolutely has its strengths, especially in travel, but in curriculum design and delivery it can result Read more

  • Shakespeare is Better than Emojis

    Here is my post for the TES from earlier this week: https://www.tes.com/news/dont-simplify-complex-shakespeare-emojis Read more

  • What is Neo-liberal Education? On Zuckerberg and Personalisation

    In a piece for the Guardian the esteemed educationalist Sir Tim Brighouse writes: “Margaret Thatcher’s neoliberalism underpinned Baker’s 1988 reform bill, which meant a prescribed national curriculum and tougher accountability, along with diversity in school provision and autonomy.” This seems to uncover a contradiction at the heart of neoliberalism – on the one hand it Read more

  • Dumbing Down the Arts

      The Guardian gushes: At a time when arts are squeezed in some schools, teachers are embracing them as a tool to teach the environment without realising it is this insidious belief that the arts are merely a pedagogical tool that is leading to a paucity of engagement with great art. The tragic figure of the starving Read more