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A Knowledge-led School
A knowledge curriculum can be a powerful force in
combating educational inequality.
One of our ambitions at Michaela Community
School, which opened this year in Wembley,
is to place knowledge at the heart of education.
We believe, as Francis Bacon did in 1597, that knowledge
is power: it empowers all children
to achieve, choose their future and decide what legacy
they’d like to leave.
We believe that broad cultural and historical knowledge
improves all pupils’ academic achievement, especially poorer pupils. Even the
very weakest pupils can study the greatest books ever written, such as Frankenstein, Oliver Twist and Animal Farm. All pupils deserve
the chance
to see Shakespearean theatre, fine art and classical
music as accessible to them,
not alien to them: access which richer pupils take for
granted. Knowing about democracy,
its origins, evolution and discontents empowers pupils to
make their own minds up as citizens
in politics, referenda and elections.
We believe that powerful mathematical and scientific
knowledge empowers pupils to choose
among the most competitive and selective vocations, such
as (to name just a few) medicine, finance, engineering, technology and law, as
well as to appreciate how the world works, in all its wonder.
Science backs these beliefs. Over a century of research
into memory, learning and the mind
has produced conclusions that are not scientifically
challengeable:
As cognitive scientist John Anderson says,
‘All there is to intelligence is the simple
accrual and tuning of many small units
of knowledge that in total produce complex cognition.’
Our logic is as follows:
The more knowledge you remember, the more curious you become.
The more knowledge you remember, the more intelligent you become.
The more knowledge you remember, the more you achieve academically.
The more knowledge you remember, the more choices you have for your future.
That is why we place the liberating force of knowledge at
the heart of our school.
Only a cohesive, cumulative, carefully sequenced knowledge
curriculum will close the 10,000 word vocabulary gap between the poorest and
wealthier pupils aged 11,
narrow the 28% gap in GCSE attainment between poorest and
wealthier pupils aged 16,
and reduce the 80% gap between poorest and private school
pupils attending University aged 18. The reason we want all pupils to have
secure subject knowledge
is because we think it is the best route to social
justice.
A knowledge curriculum can be a powerful force in
combating educational inequality.
We hope
that in time, knowledge-led schools will win the hearts and minds of the
teaching profession.
https://pragmaticreform.wordpress.com/2015/02/07/a-knowledge-led-school/
You can TCR software and engineering manuals for spontaneously recall – or pass that
exam.
I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve
read.
A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
How
to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?
Perhaps
you’d like to check out my sister blogs:
www.innermindworking.blogspot.com gives many ways
for you to work with the stresses of life
www.ourinnerminds.blogspot.com which takes
advantage of the experience and expertise of others.
www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com
just for fun.
To
quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will
know.
The
more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”
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