It’s worth having a good look at the elements of this conference… presenters, topics etc. Its likely to be a very interesting event all round. I guess we ought to be delighted that educational thinking in some quarters is shifting. Is it radical enough? Does it have a coherent vision? Is it really built on what we know about learning? I don’t know the answers to these questions and I’m not likely to find out at the event since costs are stratospheric (even scholarship places will set you back £495!!!!) Nonetheless those of you in instututional settings or with large pockets may be able to mix it with the great and good. Failing that you can probably get most of it from CPE-PEN and its networks, Educational Heretics Press and the alike. We’ve been pedalling these ideas and more for decades we are able to envision a coherent educational landscape.
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B: http://blog.personalisededucationnow.org.uk/
W: http://edheretics.gn.apc.org/
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