B465 - Politics Education Bill (Second Reading)
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No. Is it really only me that thinks "teaching politics" sounds a bit 1960s China? Besides, Citizenship already involves a lot of politics, it just bores people and exposes them to whatever biases the teachers hold.
And we're being very insular. Guys, we are clearly all interested in politics, why are we trying to inflict our interest onto everyone else?Last edited by JPKC; 20-06-2012 at 08:45. -
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Re: B465 - Politics Education Bill (Second Reading)Instead of politics I think it would be better teaching political philosophy. Teaching people about 'politics' almost certainly means exposing them to teachers party bias, so I think it would be more productive to teach in a way which would allow pupils to discuss the role of government in general rather than which party happens to be most popular in the news that week. That I think would lead to a more informed electorate, teaching about current politics and parties will merely lead to a more polarised electorate.
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Re: B465 - Politics Education Bill (Second Reading)Different schools have different stuff. My school has form time for half an hour per day which is where PHSE is taught.(Original post by mevidek)
No; in KS4 people don't have PSHE lessons, just Citizenship and Wellbeing. -
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Re: B465 - Politics Education Bill (Second Reading)Then why not replace Citizenship/Wellbeing/PSHE lessons with Politics?(Original post by MacCuishy)
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Re: B465 - Politics Education Bill (Second Reading)Because you need to do something else other than Politics(Original post by mevidek)
Then why not replace Citizenship/Wellbeing/PSHE lessons with Politics?
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Re: B465 - Politics Education Bill (Second Reading)Citizenship only came into education after I started my GCSEs that means I am part of an entire generation that hasn't done citizenship. We are the lost generation the ones that cannot function in society.(Original post by Morgsie)
Should be incorporated into Citizenship. -
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Re: B465 - Politics Education Bill (Second Reading)Just closing this off. It went to vote and passed, here.
