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Exam nation
£22.00Exam nation
Exams, grades, league tables, Ofsted reports. All of them miss the point of school and together they are undermining our whole approach to education. What is school for? In theory, it equips young people to become independent and productive, to get jobs and forge lives, perhaps to be ‘good citizens’. In reality, it means one thing: exams. By focusing on the grades pupils get in neatly siloed, academic subjects, we end up ranking them and our schools into winners and losers. Some pupils are set on a trajectory to university – the rest are left ill-equipped for the world they actually face. Meanwhile, the ‘good’ schools become middle-class enclaves and the most disadvantaged lose out. Drawing on his twenty years as a teacher, hundreds of interviews and his experience on the UK Government’s Social Mobility Commission, Sammy Wright shows that schools are – and should be – so much more than this.
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Think differently about learning
£16.95Think differently about learning
Hosts of the Homeschool Unrefined Podcast show you how let go of traditional measures of success, and instead measure learning by curiosity, joy, self-regulation, and critical thinking. Children deserve more than the systems we’re currently using to educate them. Hardworking teachers, diligent administrators, and devoted parents are trying their best in an outdated system that isn’t meeting our children’s complex needs. Instead, imagine a different way to learn. With helpful, practical tips and anecdotes from homeschooling families, this guide covers all you need to know about learning differences, mental health, devices and technology, socialisation, and more. Angela and Maren pair their years of teaching in a variety of different schools with their years of homeschooling their combined seven children.
£16.95