curriculum review – Mike Stubbs, Composer

Knowledge Rich or Discernment Curriculum?

Almost all discussions about our National Curriculum seem to push the idea that we need pupils to be pumped full of knowledge. Surely our children would be better served if we were to teach them how to interact with and verify information – a discernment curriculum.

Music Education – The Ofsted Parable of the Sower

In light of the recent announcements about the upcoming curriculum review, I would like to share this story… One day, a Sower went out to sow some seeds. And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and ate them up. Some fell on stony ground, where they hadContinue reading “Music Education – The Ofsted Parable of the Sower”