Whole Education in the news
Radio 4 Six O'Clock News | January 12 2011
Hear Whole Education Chair, Dr. John Dunford, comment on the results from recent league tables suggesting that five out of six pupils are currently failing to reach the new English Baccalaureate requirements and the equivalence between vocational and academic courses. Report begins at 11.02.
The Times | December 10 2010
The push to equip pupils with better life skills will help them in the world of work, writes Carol Lewis. A good education in the 21st century "is about so much more than exam passes", John Dunford says. The idea that school is about preparing for life and not only exams is a simple one, but arguable one whose time has come.
TES | December 3 2010
The announcement of the Government's curriculum review offers a rare opportunity for those who have children's interests at heart to engage in a serious debate about what they should learn during their years of compulsory schooling. The prospect of a slimmer national curriculum promised in last week's white paper also creates space for schools to plan what they want to do. Ministers lead us to believe that there will be plenty of gaps to allow teachers to use their creativity in their pupils' interests. Read more...
SecEd | November 25 2010
According to the current national curriculum, the purp
ose of education is to “enable all young people to become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible
citizens”.
These statutory aims should “inform all aspects of teaching and learning, and should be the starting point for curriculum design”, but are they? In a culture of intensive testing and prescriptive central oversight, are the curriculum aims itself being overshadowed by the need for schools to perform? Read more...
These statutory aims should “inform all aspects of teaching and learning, and should be the starting point for curriculum design”, but are they? In a culture of intensive testing and prescriptive central oversight, are the curriculum aims itself being overshadowed by the need for schools to perform? Read more...
SecEd | October 21 2010
For more than 250 years, the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has been a force for social progress. The RSA has a long history of working towards good education being available to all, and of developing innovative, practical educational projects that prepare people for the real world. Read more...
SecEd | September 23 2010
Schools face unprecedented challenges in making learning engaging. Pressured to teach to the test, and up against a deluge of informal, socially networked learning alternatives, today’s teachers often feel like they are dispensing “cold-shower” learning. If it isn’t hurting, it isn’t working. But does it have to be either/or? Can’t learning be exciting without putting achievement at risk? Read more...