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Education or Indoctrination?
An ‘epidemic of educational poverty’. A ‘hidden epidemic of racism in UK schools’. Currently, the UK’s education system is facing many obstacles, including that of systemic indoctrination. It has often been said that the national curriculum teaches students what to...
The Meaning of Education
The etymological meaning of ‘education’ is to ‘bring up’, to ‘develop’, to ‘evoke’. Education, according to Wikipedia, is the acquisition of ‘knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits’. But why do we aim to acquire ‘habits’ and ‘knowledge’? An inherently social...
Mind Over Matter
Mental health is a multifaceted issue According to the UK Mental Health Foundation, 50% of mental health problems are established by age 14. A school environment has such a significant impact on the emotional development of a child, and can therefore be seen as a...
How Passion, Purpose, and Potential are Linked
The fulfilment of academic potential correlates to passion and purpose – a theory which is often neglected. By defining the aforementioned words, we can discover how all three are intrinsically linked, and begin to nurture fearless learners, and not...
Beginning a New Movement: A Practical Approach to Improving Education
Almost everyone - if not everyone - involved in education has known that there exists deep and systemic problems in schooling in it’s current form. The problem lies not in the students; they’re not more or less motivated than they have been in generations gone past....
Benefits of the InTuition Initiative
In order to understand the benefits of the InTuition initiative, we must first come to terms with the crux of the issue; one that lies so deeply in the education system as we know it. Yet, perhaps it is what we don’t quite ascertain from this system that makes it so...