It is crucial that all children feel valued in the sciences by valuing their activities.
The U. K.’s liberal Labour Party is looking into “decolonizing” the world’s “outdated” research programs in get to , “highlight discoveries by another cultures”.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson ( pictured ), who also wants to impose a 20-percent value added tax on private school fees , to ( allegedly ) “drive up standards in state schools”, ordered an “independent review” to “refresh” what students learn and “reflect the issues and diversities of our society”, the , Daily Mail reports.
The review is led by University College London doctor Becky Francis whose “academic knowledge” lies in the realm of” social identities ( gender,’ competition’ and social group ) in educational contexts, social in/equality, and social identification and academic achievement, and gender theory”.
The Royal Society of Biology supports the efforts, saying that “it is important that all kids feel included in the sciences by valorizing their encounters and through the intelligent use of contexts, pictures, and stories.”
It added there should be a” no more soldiers” approach to teaching technology, meaning “avoiding formal lists of ancient images” in the different areas of the control.
The Institute for Physics concurred, stating that “ideas should be framed in the framework of the period of discoveries made and credited within American knowledge.”
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The Royal Statistical Society even backed the assessment, calling for “greater use of’ real-world information ‘ – , such as on sex inequalities or movement – in the training of mathematics and statistics”.
Several organizations have submitted evidence to the curriculum review, including teachers ‘ unions.
The current curriculum, according to the Association of School and College Leaders, “prioritizes a somewhat monocultural worldview, especially in terms of literature and history.”
Ms. Phillipson praised the review as an “important step in this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity, deliver better life chances, and enable more young people to get on.” …
Tory MP Laura Trott, the shadow education secretary, said: ‘ Labour’s curriculum changes will drive down educational standards.
Instead of sticking to a rich, knowledge-based curriculum that has made our children the best readers and mathematicians in the Western world, they are torn up.
‘ Pure education vandalism once again.’
Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform UK, criticizes” a ridiculous proposal from the wokerati.”
For her part, Professor Francis notes on her X feed how she’s been touring schools to, in part, ask students “what they currently enjoy/don’t enjoy, shar]e ] interests and changes they’d like to see”.
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