I was watching this discussion between Richard Evans and Niall Ferguson on what makes a good curriculum. The backdrop to this argument was, I believe, that the Tory government were aiming to bring in a more fact/knowledge-based curriculum to replace a broadly skills-based curriculum that had been part of the British National Curriculum up to that point (any corrections to that characterization are welcome).
In short, neither take extreme positions and despite Ferguson's unhelpful attempts at taking pot-shots at Evans, they basically agree that a National Curriculum should
a) allow more scope for teachers rather than a centrally-planned and minutely prescribed curriculum
b) allow for certain skills such as making arguments in essay form
c) teach a broad sweep of history to show how different people's lives were in the past and to roughly show what events come after another
But furthermore Ferguson argues that such things as rights and institutions of a society are best understood in terms of how they came about, and as products of history.
For me, I would like to have students given some kind of chart when they first start school, which they fill in and add to as they learn more about particular times in history, because I think a sense of chronology is important and somewhat lacking in secondary education.
Anyway, sorry for the vagueness. Feel free to be as specific or vague as you like.
In short, neither take extreme positions and despite Ferguson's unhelpful attempts at taking pot-shots at Evans, they basically agree that a National Curriculum should
a) allow more scope for teachers rather than a centrally-planned and minutely prescribed curriculum
b) allow for certain skills such as making arguments in essay form
c) teach a broad sweep of history to show how different people's lives were in the past and to roughly show what events come after another
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But furthermore Ferguson argues that such things as rights and institutions of a society are best understood in terms of how they came about, and as products of history.
For me, I would like to have students given some kind of chart when they first start school, which they fill in and add to as they learn more about particular times in history, because I think a sense of chronology is important and somewhat lacking in secondary education.
Anyway, sorry for the vagueness. Feel free to be as specific or vague as you like.
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