Comments on: Curriculum ‘to focus on basics’ - Gordon Brown’s priority for secondary schools http://www.stephenp.net/2007/07/12/curriculum-to-focus-on-basics-gordon-brownes-priority-for-secondary-schools/ A specialist in inquiry-based, work-focussed, online supported learning Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:32:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: stephenp http://www.stephenp.net/2007/07/12/curriculum-to-focus-on-basics-gordon-brownes-priority-for-secondary-schools/#comment-13383 stephenp Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:32:19 +0000 http://www.stephenp.net/2007/07/12/curriculum-to-focus-on-basics-gordon-brownes-priority-for-secondary-schools/#comment-13383 Hi Shirley, all seems like 'spin' to me, or was that the previous PM... Anyway, glad to see you are personalising your own diet by choosing luxury food. Eat well;^) Hi Shirley, all seems like ’spin’ to me, or was that the previous PM…

Anyway, glad to see you are personalising your own diet by choosing luxury food. Eat well;^)

]]> By: Shirley http://www.stephenp.net/2007/07/12/curriculum-to-focus-on-basics-gordon-brownes-priority-for-secondary-schools/#comment-13375 Shirley Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:36:15 +0000 http://www.stephenp.net/2007/07/12/curriculum-to-focus-on-basics-gordon-brownes-priority-for-secondary-schools/#comment-13375 Me again! Sadly, unless driven by changes in formal assessment (Key Stage tests, GCSE etc) none of this is likely to have much impact. If neither Delia nor instant cookery is likely to be awarded a recognised certificate, either the teachers will ignore it or students will dismiss it - probably both. I'm off to microwave a luxury dinner. Me again! Sadly, unless driven by changes in formal assessment (Key Stage tests, GCSE etc) none of this is likely to have much impact. If neither Delia nor instant cookery is likely to be awarded a recognised certificate, either the teachers will ignore it or students will dismiss it - probably both. I’m off to microwave a luxury dinner.

]]> By: Shirley http://www.stephenp.net/2007/07/12/curriculum-to-focus-on-basics-gordon-brownes-priority-for-secondary-schools/#comment-13374 Shirley Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:31:12 +0000 http://www.stephenp.net/2007/07/12/curriculum-to-focus-on-basics-gordon-brownes-priority-for-secondary-schools/#comment-13374 Yesterday's independent carried an article which seemed to indicate the change is intended to be about "personalisation" of learning but again mentioned cookery. Could this mean that while one young person chooses to learn how to make a balanced meal from microwave dinners, a classmate chooses to work through Delia Smith's recipes? Yesterday’s independent carried an article which seemed to indicate the change is intended to be about “personalisation” of learning but again mentioned cookery. Could this mean that while one young person chooses to learn how to make a balanced meal from microwave dinners, a classmate chooses to work through Delia Smith’s recipes?

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