Monthly Archives: October 2014

Culture and class

Took a while to figure out what I thought of this lot but got there eventually: Bourdieu, P (1984) Distinction, London: Routledge, p. 5-7 Held, D (2004) Introduction to Critical Theory, London: Hutchinson, 89-107 Legg, R (2012) “Bach, Beethoven, Bourdieu: … Continue reading

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Oakeshott v. Gove on Education and Society

Oakeshott, M (1972) ‘Education: the Engagement and its Frustration’ in Fuller, T (ed) (1989) The Voice of Liberal Learning, New Haven and London: Yale University Press I read this on the terrace on a warm Maltese evening accompanied with half … Continue reading

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Morality, education and expectations

I’ve now been able to catch up with the content discussed at the first workshop (that I missed), which all prompts us to question what it is we are trying to achieve as educators. I was reminded of Padraig Hogan’s question ‘what … Continue reading

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