• The inevitable growth of standardised...

  

  18th August 2025

  Edvard Munch, "The Oak" (1906) A recent report identified a growth in the use of standardised curricula in both primary and secondary schools in England. These resourced schemes of work are...
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• Existentialism in the Classroom: The...

  

  16th June 2025

  Having taught Philosophy A Level in Further Education for two years now, I still find it so striking, and perhaps frightening, the expectations and pressures that our society bestows upon our young...
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• Freedom in the classroom

  

  9th May 2025

  Practitioners face questions relating to freedom each day when teaching and planning curricula. How will students engage with the material? How should students be in the learning environment? Do...
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• Promoting Wellbeing: A word of caution

  

  3rd February 2025

  The promotion of wellbeing in schools had become popular in the last decade or so. Indeed, there has been some searching philosophical work written on the subject.  Along with self-esteem and...
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• Uncovering Education

  

  27th January 2025

  Book cover for Wrońska & Stern (eds.) (2024). Taken from the Routledge catalogue. Routledge, 2024. ISBN: 9781032471693, Hbk. ISBN: 9781003386100, eBook.  RRP: £145.00 / £39.99,...
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• Book Review: A Philosophical Inquiry...

  

  6th January 2025

  A Philosophical Inquiry into Subject English and Creative Writing by Oli Belas Book cover for Belas (2023). Taken from the Routledge catalogue. Routledge, 2023. ISBN: 9780367487362, Hbk. ISBN:...
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• Does the Curriculum and Assessment...

  

  23rd October 2024

  The Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR) led by Becky Francis has now issued its Call for Evidence. The questions it asks focus on improvements in existing arrangements, having particularly in...
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