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Music education in feature films
Music’s place on the school curriculum can be uncertain. However it is a subject which can inspire strong passions in teachers and pupils. This is portrayed in several DVDs in the Education in Literature Collection. Music of the Heart (1999) … Continue reading
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Stories from Africa
The Literature Collection contains a range of books from Africa which encompass the experience of native writers from colonial days through to independence. The African Child (L’Enfant noir) by Camara Laye (1947) This book reflects his childhood and schooling in what … Continue reading
Campaign! Make an impact
On Tuesday 20th March a training and networking day was held at the library about Campaign! Make an impact. The day was facilitated by Jan Pimblett, Principal Development Officer at the London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) and was attended by a wide … Continue reading
Reel history of Britain
Melvyn Bragg and the mobile cinema have rambled through a selection of topics so far in the BBC2 series, but next week the focus turns to education with a look at Britain’s secondary modern schools. On Friday 23rd September (18.30-19.00 … Continue reading
STOPP press!
I have recently been cataloguing some files from a collection donated to the IOE by an organisation called STOPP (Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment). When we started discussing how to catalogue the collection I did a little bit of … Continue reading
Accurate portrait or thorough research?
I was chatting with one of the Institue academics recently about the photographs in the exhibition currently in the foyer (The Outdoor Classroom, based on the photographs of the Architects & Buildings Branch). He particularly liked those that appear to document the everyday goings … Continue reading
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