http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/05/the-national-curriculum-as-intellectual-and-cultural-monoculture/ The blog of the South West Surrey Home Educators Group Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:42:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/05/the-national-curriculum-as-intellectual-and-cultural-monoculture/#comment-325 Tech Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:44:29 +0000 http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/05/the-national-curriculum-as-intellectual-and-cultural-monoculture/#comment-325 what a great thought too! what a great thought too!

]]> http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/05/the-national-curriculum-as-intellectual-and-cultural-monoculture/#comment-120 Kara Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:39:40 +0000 http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/05/the-national-curriculum-as-intellectual-and-cultural-monoculture/#comment-120 A very interesting thought - I had been thinking along these lines myself (although not as articulately as you!). Its only since I stepped outside the school system it has occured to me how mad a lot of it is. My brother seems very concerned about the fact that my daughter isn't learning all the vital stuff on the NC, as if thats what is essential for all children to know - never mind all the other interesting stuff in the world that they might actually want to know about! Kara x A very interesting thought - I had been thinking along these lines myself (although not as articulately as you!). Its only since I stepped outside the school system it has occured to me how mad a lot of it is. My brother seems very concerned about the fact that my daughter isn’t learning all the vital stuff on the NC, as if thats what is essential for all children to know - never mind all the other interesting stuff in the world that they might actually want to know about!
Kara x

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