by Chris Heron | Mar 5, 2019 | Education now, Education Reform, Education Revolution, Uncategorized
What Is Education Revolution? “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth learning can be taught.” (Oscar Wilde). This is the core of Greek learning or “paideia”. The goal of education is not...
by Chris Heron | Nov 30, 2017 | Education now, Education Reform
Thanks to Next School for the video The Answer is 42 or is it? I have been writing about the problems with education for more than three years. When I first started posting people thought I was completely wrong – now three years later much of the world...
by Chris Heron | Nov 15, 2016 | Assessment, Education in the future, Education now
Teachers of course, after all they are paid to do it. They are the experts aren’t they? After all, schools were set up to educate. I have read many reports of wonderful teachers who have achieved this and that. So a short blog as it’s clearly the teacher who REALLY...
by Chris Heron | Nov 14, 2016 | Education now
In order to answer the question ‘is education fit for purpose? we need to decide what that purpose is. In ‘Can education reform produce sustainable citizens’, I proposed that one objective of education is to produce sustainable citizens. A sustainable citizen is...
by Chris Heron | Nov 14, 2016 | Education now, Steve Cushing
Here are a true question and answer from an exam set at Oxford University and found by an assessor evaluating the marking scheme and marks awarded. Needless to say, there was a long discussion about the merit of this answer. Neither the result or the mark was changed!...
by Chris Heron | Nov 14, 2016 | Education now
‘If I can see it, then I can do it If I just believe it, there’s nothing to it I believe I can fly I believe I can touch the sky I think about it every night and day (Night and day) Spread my wings and fly away I believe I can soar I see me running through...
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