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Teaching children to be creative is NOT domain specific, it may start within a domain BUT part of creativity is breaking free of traditional barriers and reaching out for novel connections beyond the accepted norms. In other words breaking out of the current domain.

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“Britain is more liberal and inclusive in its understanding of national identity than ever before. Yet, old racist tropes keep being rehashed by those on the right who would describe themselves as hostile to racism.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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“Class is a key factor that determines who can make it in the creative industries” www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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Amen.

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This is an excellent speech at the ARC conference in which a Conservative member of the the ‘elite’, David Brooks, takes on how schools have tried to shape the world in their peculiar image and how Trump is a bad thing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSa5...

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Teaching children to be creative is NOT domain specific, it may start within a domain BUT part of creativity is breaking free of traditional barriers and reaching out for novel connections beyond the accepted norms. In other words breaking out of the current domain.

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Political education in the internet age: youtu.be/OygHnodf0XM?...

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I got a mention in the Torygr..., sorry, that should read Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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Trump cosying up to Putin and Andrew Tate shows the measure of the man

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Knowing lots of stuff doesn’t mean you automatically become really creative.

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“People using generative AI also think less critically when they trust the AI to do a task, such as developing an argument for a paper or presentation.” Quelle surprise? www.newscientist.com/article/2468...

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HEPL recommends changes to national curriculum that focus on: “digital, oracy and critical thinking skills; expanding A-level subjects to four or five; and a renewed focus on creative subjects.” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Online bullshit and the school curriculum: youtu.be/k8RWC-bT2_g?...

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“ the model of the mind as an input-to-output information processor, the so-called “computational” or cognitive model of the mind, is mismatched to the biological underpinnings of how our brains function.”

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In 2004 80% of young people said they were proud to be British, now that figure is down to 41%… www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...

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The benefits of an early diagnosis for ADHD are only becoming clearer. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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“We need to be less fixated on the evidence, where the human world is concerned, and more determined to take up a precautionary stance. The stakes are high… And being ‘evidence-based’, is, ironically, being just such a foolish and unethical gambler…” philosophersmag.com/how-to-end-o...

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“logic cannot be grounded in logic, for that would be circular reasoning, and therefore illogical.” iai.tv/articles/log...

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“We need to be less fixated on the evidence, where the human world is concerned, and more determined to take up a precautionary stance. The stakes are high… And being ‘evidence-based’, is, ironically, being just such a foolish and unethical gambler…” philosophersmag.com/how-to-end-o...

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Bridget Phillipson wants to deliver: “a core curriculum for all our children, that is deep and rigorous, knowledge-rich down to its bones” adding: “It's no use developing skills if children lack the knowledge to back it up”

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“Young’s satire describes a stratified society in which the power-holding elite tells itself the story that it deserves its separation from the disenfranchised underclass.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/691...

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“A separation of “mind” and “body” carries “really profound risks,” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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A few years ago it was pointed out you ‘can’t see learning’, yet now we see videos of performative class teaching as if we can now see learning… it’s still the case that we can’t… so proxies for learning now are…?

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This is a good argument and an example of how ‘populists’ try to steer events away from facts and into areas that trigger their support: youtu.be/Iw5_-kEebbg?...

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“The stereotype of the dullard footballer is as old as the hills but formal education is not the only barometer of intelligence. Perhaps the cognitive skills highlighted here will make one or two people question their assumptions,” www.thetimes.com/article/8de0...

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Repeating/remembering something you’ve been told/learnt is not knowledge: on Socrates and the Socratic method: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

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With such fine margins the question is ‘how accurate are our measurements’?

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If a teacher does everything on the management ‘teaching and learning flowchart’ as directed and observed/coached, are they a good teacher?

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