Wednesday
Jan262011
Katharine Birbalsingh, Teacher, LWF Talk, London 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 5:36PM
What should be taught in our schools?
Katharine Birbalsingh, is a teacher and author who was recently asked by the Conservative Party to speak at their party conference. Katharine discusses her experiences as a teacher working in inner-London secondary schools and calls for a return to a more traditional, fact-based approach to learning to provide a framework for those who do not have access to the benefits that learners from more affluent or middle-class backgrounds. Katharine draws a comparisons between the education provision in the private and state sectors suggesting that state provision could learn from the private sector more traditional approach to education.
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