Orwellian Education?

Richard Pring‘s report published by the Nuffield Review looks at education as now “dominated by the language of management” and symptomatic of the erosion of classic learning goals and values.

“The need to measure everything and to find equivalents for different types of education arises from a natural enough desire to achieve value-for-money, and to promote different routes for young people.

But it can also be a strait-jacket, implying that all types of learning can, and should, be forced into the same model …”

More, as reviewed by the BBC.

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