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Alexander, Robin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2014
Here, at "FORUM's" invitation, is the text of the 2014 Godfrey Thomson Trust public lecture at the University of Edinburgh. Its backdrop is the centralisation of educational decision-making in England since 1988 and the power and patronage exercised by the Secretary of State. Taking as examples recent policies on childhood, curriculum…
Descriptors: Evidence, Elementary Education, Educational Change, Change Strategies
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Serf, Jeff – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2010
Attitudes towards environmental issues are influenced by many factors, including what is learned in formal educational settings such as schools and more informally, through such sources as the media, interaction with family and friends and our everyday lived experiences. This study investigated children's ideas about the environment and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Children, Attitudes
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Harris, Richard – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2009
The author recounts the arrival of two Oasis Community Learning Academies in Southampton through a process of failed political courage to continue supporting the Local Authority. He tells of the subsequent impact when children and parents react against the regime in one of the Academies. In conclusion he challenges the Labour Government over the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Parents, Single Sex Schools