A Little Learning

This lively selection brings together journalist and broadcaster Libby Purves' experiences as journalist, parent, governor and former pupil of half a dozen assorted schools from Bangkok to Tunbridge Wells, displaying her eclectic and provocative opinions and ideas on teaching and learning. This collection of the best of her writing in the "Times Educational Supplement" covers - sometimes thoughtfully, sometimes mockingly - everything from national policy to the eccentricities of headteachers and the limitations of IT. Education professionals over the years have received her outsider view with enthusiasm, laughter, inspiration and occasional fury. From ministerial madness to the pitfalls of uniform and the vagaries of teenagers, this book is dedicated to the amusement of a cadre of professionals Libby once planned to join, until she lost her nerve. It is dedicated, with thanks and admiration, to all teachers.

ISBN 0415417090   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780415417099 (What's this?)   Pages 256 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Routledge   Weight (grammes) 318 Format Paperback   Published in London Publication date 08 Mar 2007   Height (mm) 216 Illustrator Bill Stott   Width (mm) 138 Library of Congress 2006049343   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 370.1   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

Apple for the Teacher, bananas for the Head Do ya think I'm sexy Curriculum, curricula! Mens Sana in Corpore Sano Mixed Media Ministerial Madness Inspiration Strut and Fret Careers Advice - What's it all for? Times of Transition University Blues The Wilder Shores

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