Items to Share: 16 August 2015

Education Focus

• Vocational education | @Bigkid4 | Labour Teachers On parity of esteem between vocational and "academic" education...

• Compliance by website Mary Beard on schools' response to the requirement to inculcate ‘British values’

• Link feast: Remembering stuff lea[r]ned in school [bps.org.uk]

• How To Learn How To Think [farnamstreetblog.com] On the virtues of taking it slowly

• It’s Harder Now to Change Students’ Lives, but No Less Important - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education 'The forms, norms, and assessments that define higher education are becoming ever more routinized — for the students, faculty, administrators, and accrediting agencies. A Big Mac in Maine looks pretty similar to one in Oregon. The textbook being used for a class in Psychology 101 in New Jersey is probably the same one being used for a class in Psychology 101 in Iowa. Fast-food nation and higher education are becoming ever more homogeneous, and it’s not surprising that students are less engaged. Why should they be? Generic only goes so far.'

• Five academic papers all teachers need to read | Clio et cetera 'This blog post is a quick summary of five of the academic papers that have most influenced me in my development as a teacher, and I would heartily recommend all five to other teachers.'

• Chinese School: Whole-Class Identity | @jonbprimary 'We need a discussion about what kind of ‘learning environment’ teachers want to make within their classrooms, and joining children with their fellow classmates is an important topic to discuss. My argument is that this can only be done [...] by tying together school, local, and ultimately national identity, along with the class unit.'

• Please Help With The UK Education Blogs Spreadsheet Version 12 | The Echo Chamber wordpress.com