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The Corruption of the Curriculum [Kindle Edition]

David Perks (Author), Simon Patterson (Author), Chris McGovern (Author), Michele Ledda (Author), Alex Standish (Author), Shirley Lawes (Author), Robert Whelan (Editor), Frank Furedi (Introduction)
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'Learning 'ruined by political meddling' in schools. In history, pupils use bin Laden speeches. In science, debates on abortion replace lab work. The Curriculum in state schools has been stripped of its content and corrupted by political interference, according to a damning report today by an influential independent think-tank. It warns of an educational apartheid opening up between the experience of pupils in the state sector and those at independent schools.'Front Page splash, Daily Telegraph, June 11th'A devastating study by the think tank Civitas shows that it is possible to leave school with almost no knowledge of English literature and only the merest acquaintance with British history.' Leader column, Daily Telegraph, June 11th'Education today is a form of child abuse - Yesterday's report on British education from the independent think-tank Civitas represents a dispatch from the battlefield describing a national catastrophe. It is no surprise that pupils learn so little because so much curriculum time has been hijacked for the peddling of propaganda about racism, gender awareness, environmentalism and suchlike.' Max Hastings, Daily Mail, June 12th

Leader column, Daily Telegraph, June 11th

A devastating study by the think tank Civitas shows that it is
possible to leave school with almost no knowledge of English literature and
only the merest acquaintance with British history.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 420 KB
  • Print Length: 156 pages
  • Publisher: Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (12 Jun 2007)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004N62QEU
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #192,021 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By T. Burkard VINE™ VOICE
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This book is especially interesting because it is published by Civitas, a London think-tank which is normally considered somewhat right-of-centre. Civitas promotes the concept that a healthy civic society can provide education and social services more efficiently than the state; for instance, Civitas supports private charities and co-operatives. Such bodies are not separated from the people they serve by an impenetrable bureaucratic mechanism which serves its own interests first.

Yet most of the chapters of this book were written by the old Living Marxism crew, who now operate under the aegis of Spiked Online, and the Institute of Ideas. These people have abandoned the concept of state socialism, and embraced a libertarian stance. More importantly, they recognise that progressive education is just plain stupid, and that our children are no longer receiving the education they need to understand complex ideas. As the great psychologist Jerome Bruner once said about discovery learning, "it is the most inefficient technique possible for regaining what has been gathered over a long period of time."

So politics does indeed make strange bedfellows, or as some people might have it, bedpersons. The contributions to this book vary in quality, but they are all well written, and they all expose the follies of the know-nothings who would indoctrinate our children in post-modern inanities. Well worth the modest cover price.
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i got a real bargain on this book which i thought would be used but brand new for a really cheap price. i havent quite read it yet but it looks like a book you could use quite easily for reference.
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6 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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My 9 year old daughter is very familiar with the marriage rituals of (non-Christian)religions but when I asked her if she knew what the book of Genesis was, she had no idea. Read this book and weep at the misspent decades of fiddling with the English education system. It's a breathtaking indictment of the dead-end consequences of prioritising 'inclusivity', 'non-competitiveness' and all the other tripe that has accompanied the dumbing down of what was once a terrific system. It used to be possible for ordinary working class kids of this country to take the chance to acquire sufficient education for free to rise beyond their chains. No longer.
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