High Culture vs Low Culture There’s no doubt about it, people like to create class systems. This holds as true for art as it does for jobs and social status symbols. Culture has long been a way to demonstrate status, with certain forms being elevated and others left...
Why Social Media Is Important To Schools And How To Use It There are many benefits to using social media in an educational context. Embracing this technology can make schools run more smoothly, give students an interactive platform that they naturally know how to...
The BBC issued a report last year suggesting that foreign language learning in schools was at its lowest point this century. Around a third of secondary schools have dropped at least one language. In Northern Ireland the number of students taking a language GCSE is...
Philosophy is often seen as the product of a bygone era, a vestige of a classical education no longer relevant to the modern world. However, is this actually the case? I would say that Philosophy has a very important place in education. But why do I believe it to be...
Throughout most of our species’ history, we have relied on the oral tradition to convey information from person to person and between generations, particularly in the form of storytelling. We have evolved to love stories, and to use them to understand the...
