Trivium 21c |
Subtitle:
Preparing Young People for the Future With Lessons from the Past
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Book Category:
Education > General
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Author:
Martin Robinson
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Binding:
Paperback
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ISBN 13:
9781781350546
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Price:
GBP 18.99
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Publication Year:
2013
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Publisher Info
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Crown House Publishing,Crown Buildings,
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From Ancient Greece to the present day, Trivium 21c explores whether a contemporary trivium (Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric) can unite progressive and traditionalist institutions, teachers, politicians and parents in the common pursuit of providing a great education for our children in 21st Century.
Education policy and practice is a battleground. Traditionalists argue for the teaching of a privileged type of hard knowledge and deride soft skills. Progressives deride learning about great works of the past preferring `21c skills? (21st Century Skills) such as creativity and critical thinking.
Whilst looking for a school for his daughter, the author became frustrated by schools? inability to value knowledge, as well as creativity, foster discipline alongside free-thinking, and value citizenship alongside independent learning. Drawing from his work as a creative teacher Robinson finds inspiration in the Arts and the need to nurture learners with the ability to deal with the uncertainties of our age.