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Keri Facer and the future-building school
In her brilliant book Learning Futures – Education, technology and social change (2011) Professor Keri Facer suggests that we should be creating what she calls future-building schools rather than future-proof schools based on equipping young people to compete in the global economy. Keri … Continue reading
Young people between hope and despair
Young people’s natural reserves of hope are running low in the current recession. As a result, much of Britain’s youth now seem strangely suspended between hope and despair. In the London borough of Newham, reasons for despair are not hard … Continue reading
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Tagged citizenship education, community education, Education, hope, liberal education, London, Newham, protest, selection, Shaun Bailey, Social mobility, young people, Youth
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Eddie Playfair 