Sunday 26 February 2012

EF Podcast No. 26: The Return to Subjects

The latest Education Forum podcast is available for download now. Professor Michael Young, author of Bringing Knowledge Back In, examines the return to subjects and the case for 'powerful knowledge'. With questions from Education Forum member Toby Marshall.

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A one-sided, if also enthusiastic, Antidote review of A Defence of Subject-Based Education

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University admissions

By what process should students be admitted to university?

Institute of Ideas director Claire Fox leads a discussion with Education Forum member Dennis Hayes, and a variety of other witnesses and contributors, including Michael Portillo (maker of documentaries and former Minister of Defence), Matthew Taylor (Chief Executive of the Royal Society of the Arts) and Wes Streeting (Chief Executive of the Helena Kennedy Foundation).

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Wednesday 8 February 2012

EF member in the Huffington Post

Education Forum member Denis Hayes argues that education is bad for you