The argument for restoring ‘traditional’ forms of education is based on dubious claims about social justice. Why the argument for meritocracy needs to be challenged.
Tag Archives: Michael Gove
The curriculum of Brexit: culture, education and power the Michaela Way
‘Powerful knowledge’, Media Studies and technology
What are the problems with theories of ‘powerful knowledge’, and how might they apply to teaching about (and with) media and technology?
The changing currency of ‘cultural capital’
The English schools inspectors are apparently looking for schools to teach ‘cultural capital’. But what does cultural capital mean, and how is it changing?
Navigating the Infodemic, Part Two
Raymond Williams on Culture and Education 3: Communications
Revisiting three key texts from sixty years ago: what do they have to say to us today?
Raymond Williams on culture and education 1: ‘Culture and Society 1780-1950’
Revisiting three key texts, published sixty years ago. What do they have to say to us today?
Rewriting education: the legacy of Michael Gove
In light of a new biography, I revisit the policies and philosophy of the UK’s most influential education minister of recent times.
Changing English – Disappearing Media
Media education has been eradicated from the English (mother tongue language and literature) curriculum in England. Why has this happened, and what consequences will it have?
David Buckingham 