Author Archives: jondarrallrew

In pooling my ideas for this final blog, I spent some time going through my posts so far and there seems to be a narrative that has been emerging. I’d like to frame this in the context of my previous … Continue reading →

In this penultimate blog, I want to focus on the importance of music education. This is an important issue currently, as serious cuts to music education provision have been implicated as part of the government spending review. Quite beyond my … Continue reading →

At present, there is a fierce debate going on regarding the state of multiculturism within Britain, and the degree to which it can be considered to have been a success. Government has made the valid point that while we have … Continue reading →

This week I would like to use my blog space to briefly introduce the work of Kieran Egan, who is an educational philosopher at Simon Fraser University in Canada, and to discuss some of the issues he raises in a … Continue reading →

This week, I’m going to focus my blog on the socio-cognitive benefits and importance of ecological and environmental education. This was brought up through conversations with Aaron, both and off this blog forum, in which we agreed that we felt … Continue reading →

“Ironic, isn’t it Smithers? This anonymous clan of slack- jawed troglodytes has cost me the election. And yet, if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail! That’s democracy for you.” (Mr. Burns … Continue reading →

I would like to use my blog space this week to discuss a phenomenon that I find very interesting. This is the introduction of mindfulness practice into schools and education. More broadly, this relates to the degree to which we … Continue reading →

In my blog this week I would like to explore some issues involved in mathematics education, and arithmetic processing. This was inspired by Samantha’s talk last Monday, and it set off a train of questions for me. Firstly, I started … Continue reading →

Thanks so much, Jesse, for putting up the Ken Robinson talks from TED. I had seen them before, but it was great to see them again and consider Sir Ken’s message in light of our present educational contemplations. A few … Continue reading →

So, I would like to use my main blog contribution this week to discuss a couple of points from Abigail’s talk on Deep Questions and the Socratic method. I really thought this was a great talk, as it managed to … Continue reading →