Monday, 21 December 2009

Battle in Print: Explaining the Public's Perceptions of Education

Education Forum member Toby Marshall explores public responses to education

Link below:
http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2009/battles/3560/

Battle in Print: The Empty Staffroom

Richard Swann, English teacher and Vice Principal of the Harvey Grammar School, reflects on the empty staffroom

Link below:
http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2009/battles/3433/

Battle in Print: Rethinking Therapy

Education Forum member Kathryn Ecclestone Rethinks Therapy

Link below:
http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2009/battles/3435/

Rethinking Therapy Culture

Education forum member Dennis Hayes chairs: Nicola Barden (University of Portsmouth); Professor Kathryn Ecclestone (University of Birmingham); Professor James L Nolan
(Williams College) and Professor Andrew Samuels (University of Essex) at the 2009 Battle of Ideas.

Link below:
http://www.archive.org/details/BoI09_Therapy

Professor Frank Furedi Rethinks Education

Link to podcast from the 2009 Battle of Ideas:
http://www.archive.org/details/BoI09_Education

Sunday, 4 October 2009

Forthcoming Debates at the Battle of Ideas 2009





And not forgetting the Battle of Ideas Festival 31 October - 1 November at the Royal College of Art, which has eight events produced in association with the Education Forum.

Details of all the above education debates can be found in the Battle of Ideas brochure:

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Evidenced Based Education

Mark Taylor, of the Education Forum, chairs a discussion with Kathryn Ecclestone (Oxford Brookes University), Tony Neal (General Teaching Council UK) and Geoff Petty (author of Teaching Today) on the value of 'evidenced based education'.

Clink on the link to FORA TV below: