A very good article on technology and education

http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2013/apr/12/techn...

http://www.playfulmonk.net/drupal/node/278

An engaging book that casts the school reform debate in a provocative new light. … [Tough] introduces us to a wide-ranging cast of characters — economists, psychologists, and neuroscientists among them — whose work yields a compelling new picture of the intersection of poverty and education.”
—Thomas Toch, The Washington Monthly

http://www.playfulmonk.net/drupal/node/148

Greeting from Malaysia, I'm used the AFAN material with Malaysian youth today as was surprised by how much in common the session are to the ones in England. You can read more about it at http://www.playfulmonk.net/drupal/node/76

www.playfulmonk.net/drupal/node/45

Today I attended along with Alan Murray, the http://www.religiouseducationcouncil.org/    AGM and we were approved for council membership. As part of the AGM Nick Gibb the Minster for state Schools gave a talk. It was a talk filled with statistics, of how students do, where we rate with other countries. Did you know China does better than us at mathematics. Although a beautiful crafted talk, it was all about knowledge, facts and getting the best results. What is the purpose of education?

Strangely this time last year I blogged about some of the signs I see on my travels http://www.afan.uk.net/afanblog/few-signs-way-march-2011. Yesterday I went to Gloucester University to speak with trainee religious education teachers. It was lovely session where we explored some of the more difficult concepts in Buddhism and how to make them practical for young people.