Cultural Capital: Empowerment
Cultural Capital: Empowerment What is the status quo and why challenge it? Well, that’s a big question. The status quo basically refers to things…
Read MoreCultural Capital: Empowerment What is the status quo and why challenge it? Well, that’s a big question. The status quo basically refers to things…
Read MoreAction Research and the Voice of Teachers What makes a language classroom a little extra special? I think it’s the fact that so much…
Read MoreExperience as a Classroom Resource Amidst all the uncertainties in the world of education, there is, what John Dewey calls, ‘one permanent frame of…
Read MoreCultural Capital – Problematise In my conversations with people about action research, the common disagreement I have is the idea of action research being…
Read MoreCultures of Silence What if teachers were as important as academics, if not more important? What if classroom life, research and practice was at…
Read MoreCultural Capital – Codification In my previous column I talked to you about the hidden curriculum- the messages that are learnt but not officially…
Read MoreThe Hidden Curriculum Within every school system, there is a curriculum and there is a hidden curriculum. The hidden curriculum is composed of…
Read MoreCultural Capital Cultural capital refers to all the non-financial assets that aid social mobility. It’s all those little extras that help people change their…
Read More“There is no teaching without learning” Paulo Freire Paulo Freire and the Banking Model of Education are perhaps the two things I hear the…
Read MoreThe Critical Mindset If you’re taking the time to read this, then I doubt you’re the sort of teacher who thinks there’s one best…
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