Category Archives: Skills and knowledge

Two weeks ago I spoke at a Cambridge Assessment event on Teaching and Assessing 21st century Skills. Regular readers of this blog will know my thoughts on 21st century skills, and the speech I gave was rather similar to this … Continue reading →

Throughout most of our history, human beings have known that handing down knowledge from one generation to the next was absolutely vital for their survival. This may no longer strictly be the case in the modern world, but I would … Continue reading →

On Friday I joined colleagues at the SCETT (Standing Committee for the Education and Training of Teachers) annual conference. As I wrote on Thursday, the day was a forum to consider what we should teach. I spoke alongside Seán Lang … Continue reading →

This post is by Dr Jo Saxton, Director of the Curriculum Centre. On Friday I will be talking at the Knowledge Summit at the Institute of Education. The day is entitled ‘What Should We Teach?’ It is being organised by SCETT, … Continue reading →

A very similar post to this was originally published on the Policy First website here. In modern education, traditional knowledge often gets a bit of a hard time. Critics of knowledge-based curriculums argue that modern technology has eliminated the need … Continue reading →