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What should be taught in our schools?

Friday, March 4, 2011 at 7:44AM

On March 3rd 2011, an informal evening of discussion and debate took place featuring Katharine Birbalsingh (teacher and author), Toby Young (journalist and author), Dr Ralph Townsend (Headmaster Winchester College), Dawn Hallybone (senior teacher), Tristram Shepard (online educational publisher and former Oftsed inspector) and Donald Clark (e-learning entrepreneur).

The occassion marked both an exchange of views as related to England's National Curriculum Review and the launch of Katharine Birbalisingh's book "To Miss with Love".

Each speaker presented a 5 minute position statement which was followed for a discussion with the 175 people in attendance.

The evening was supported by LWF, BESA and Penguin.

Here is the audio recording from the evening.

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Response: On Education, High Culture and Low Expectations

by Pascale Scheurer RIBA FRSA at Why Not? By Pascale Scheurer on March 4, 2011

“If Shakespeare, Bach and the Renaissance are so important, why are the visual and performing arts treated as second class subjects?”
Response: All Change Please - Unplugged

by Tristram Shepard on March 7, 2011

Last Thursday All Change Please! was invited to give a five minute talk at a debate entitled ‘What should be taught in our schools?‘ The text of its speech is reproduced below. ‘The ‘Going for Gold’ portion will be familiar to regular listeners, as will ‘Pearsonalised learning’. But the final section, ‘Where are all the children?’ is a new number.
Response: I hold out a friendly hand to the enemy, and receive vicious attacks in return

by Katharine Birbalsingh on March 6, 2011

I am a great believer in turning the other cheek. It is something I have always insisted that children at school should take on board. So what if he hit you first?
Response: I'm a celebrity, let me fix your education system

by Donald Clark on March 4, 2011

I took part in a debate on ‘What should be taught in our schools?’ in London last night - a strange affair. As one tweeter noted “Good split on the panel but audience skewed 80/20 to Eton/Tory/Oxbridge axis”.
Response: What Should be Taught in Our Schools

by Stuart Swann on March 4, 2011

Last night was very interesting. I attended a gathering in east London, the purpose of which was to discuss and debate the White Paper and the Government proposals for the school curriculum.
Response: “Complacent and all that’s wrong with the current system”

by Dawn Hallybone on March 6, 2011

The title of the post is how I was described by Peter Whittle of the New Cultural Forum, following the debate on the national curriculum review #ncr11 last Thursday evening.

Reader Comments (2)

Thank you everyone for an inspiring debate and a great evening.

Katharine, your book will make a great film. I have been snorting with laughter on the train up to Manchester today.

@PazzaArchitect

March 4, 2011 |

Pascale Scheurer

My thoughts on and response to a really interesting evening:
http://www.adventuresinradicallearning.com/Blog/Entries/2011/3/4_What_Should_Be_Taught_in_Our_Schools.html

March 4, 2011 |

Stuart Swann

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