Organising around Ideas: Why We Need to Take the Battle of Ideas in Education More Seriously

Autor/inn/en	Tomlinson, Chloe; Stevenson, Howard
Titel	Organising around Ideas: Why We Need to Take the Battle of Ideas in Education More Seriously
Quelle	In: FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 63 (2021) 2, S.148-160 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0963-8253
DOI	10.3898/forum.2021.63.2.13
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Role of Education; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; Government Role; Educational Attitudes; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bildungsauftrag; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung
Abstract	In this article we develop the notion of 'organising around ideas'. We highlight the ways in which education debate in England has narrowed as traditional spaces for discussion and debate have been closed down. The state now has extraordinary power to shape discourses and frame narratives about the purposes of schooling. Here we argue that we must find new ways to engage in the battle of ideas, not simply as an exercise in rational argument, but as an essential element of organising and movement building. The article provides three short case studies of 'organising around ideas' in action to illustrate what this work can look like. The cases are not templates, but illustrate the flexible, grassroots-based activity that is central to building a movement from the bottom up. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01