I originally wrote this many years ago. I am republishing it here as I am moving some content from my[...]
Category: Social Criticism
A review of The Dangerous Rise in Therapeutic Education by Ecclestone and HayesA review of The Dangerous Rise in Therapeutic Education by Ecclestone and Hayes
0 Comments 10:39 amThe book is about the trend in education, at all levels, from primary through secondary toFE and University towards a[...]
Review: Celebration of Awareness by Ivan IllichReview: Celebration of Awareness by Ivan Illich
0 Comments 10:39 amThis book is a collection of illich’s papers and presentations on a range of themes. Quite a few concern the[...]
Review of Ivan Illich’s seminal Deschooling SocietyReview of Ivan Illich’s seminal Deschooling Society
0 Comments 10:37 amIllich’s profound analysis of modern Western societies through the fulcrum of the ‘manipulative institution’ is as significant an analysis as[...]
Review of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the OppressedReview of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
0 Comments 10:35 amFirst published in 1968 this is a world-famous work on pedagogy in the context of a struggle for liberation. The[...]
Winchester College – the eternal cesspitWinchester College – the eternal cesspit
0 Comments 10:34 amWinchester College – one of England’s nobbiest public schools (means private, fee-paying) has been in the news recently in connection[...]
Review of: Intensive Interaction. Theoretical Perspectives. Ed. Dave HewettReview of: Intensive Interaction. Theoretical Perspectives. Ed. Dave Hewett
0 Comments 10:32 amReviewer’s Introduction This is a collection of essays about “theoretical perspectives” of Intensive Interaction, a practice and a “method” for[...]
How does Intensive Interaction work?How does Intensive Interaction work?
0 Comments 10:30 amIntensive Interaction works. In my last post I reviewed Phoebe Caldwell’s book “Autism. Respecting Difference”. That book gives several examples of[...]
Review: Autism. Respecting Difference. By Phoebe CaldwellReview: Autism. Respecting Difference. By Phoebe Caldwell
0 Comments 10:29 amThis is a short book and contains nothing which is not already available in other books and videos by Caldwell.[...]
Going undercover on the school busGoing undercover on the school bus
0 Comments 10:26 amRecently, I have been working as a TA in various schools in Gloucestershire. The working day often ends at 3pm.[...]