Sir Ken Robinson in an interview with Jessica Shepherd in today’s Guardian. Our approaches to education are “stifling some of the most important capacities that young people now need to make their way in the increasingly demanding world of the 21st century – the powers of creative thinking”, he says. We await the Rose review [...]
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Following on from last week’s announcements about the Primary Curriculum. There was a a measured response in today’s, Guardian by a headteacher in Fareham. Wise man’s report is a gift. Report by Kevin Harcombe. ATM‘s response here. Extraordinary announcements today. The one flaw seems to be SATs – any discussion of these was outside the remit of the review. SATs – “the elephant in the room” and of course it is the tests themselves. Sir Jim Rose’s Interim report into the Primary Curriculum advocates ‘areas of learning’ rather than the traditional subject [...] |
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