HENRY FOWLER, assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), reports on Day 2 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
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The Ofsted Curriculum Reviews are well wide of the mark
This was an opportunity to update the curriculum on issues including climate change and social justice, to seize the moment and address the burning issues of the day — and it was missed, writes IAN DUCKETT
Engaging learners might best be fostered through the development of new skills, participation in any activity, knowledge and general education and enrichment, fortified by entitlement as its strong backbone — a customised, learner-centred model that is genuinely personalised and should be at the heart of the learning
Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Strike Map co-founder HENRY FOWLER discusses the significance of today’s joint union letter to video game giant Rockstar, demanding trade union recognition for its workers. Their conversation highlights how our movement can harness its collective power to rebuild union power across the private sector
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
THE Ofsted Curriculum Research programme is a series of reviews by Ofsted looking at the research evidence currently available about different curriculum subjects.
They are, however, considered by many educators to be far too narrow in their focus.
Something called the history Curriculum Research Review should surely be considering core curriculum concerns and connectivity across the curriculum (or at least covering major social movements like Black Lives Matter and climate change), especially at a time when the pandemic has kicked learning in the teeth and learners in the stomach and a broader and more meaningful curriculum is more important than ever.
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