Cultural Capital and success
A rather poor article about a relatively niche piece of research has had a huge amount of attention (at least in my echo chamber of cultural learning people) because the […]
A rather poor article about a relatively niche piece of research has had a huge amount of attention (at least in my echo chamber of cultural learning people) because the […]
I’ve been thinking about how the education system – formal and informal – needs to seriously rethink how to prepare young people for an increasingly uncertain future. It’s been clear […]
I confess, I got an E for my Art A level and I don’t have an Art (practice) degree. I do have 3 academic A levels, a good BA Hons […]
As I’m doing so much research into digital learning, I decided to try a MOOC to have first hand experience. So I signed up to the FutureLearn Exploring Play course, […]
On Friday I attended a really stimulating event led by A New Direction, a sharing event for its Connected London programme (supported by the Innovation Unit). One of my new […]
A large proportion of the education profession are resisting, as never before, the Government’s leadership of education policy. In defence, they are attacked as ‘the […]
A Government advisor on the Commission for Social Mobility and Child Poverty has said that working class children should learn how to act as if they are more privileged than […]
Gove has been in the news, again. This time he hasn’t just annoyed teachers but historians (of all political persuasions), members of his own Coalition, Blackadder fans and, well, pretty […]
Yesterday I went to the London Festival of Education. It kicked off with Michael Gove being questioned on ‘what does an educated person look like?’ and that was the main theme […]
I listen to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme while I’m gearing up for the day. It’s essential but frustrating listening. Last week we heard a juxtaposition of two connected […]