Requires Improvement are back again, here to discuss co-hosts Lee and Anu's recent experiences of volunteering for Care4Calais on the English-French border. We conclude by taking a look at recent education headlines and the direction of travel being set by the new government. Hosted by Nik, and joined by co-host Charlie.
Links:
Care4Calais: https://care4calais.org/
Bristol Transformed Education and Socialism Events can be found here: https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/checkout/bristol-transformed
Reading Lists for Session 1 "Bullshit Pedagogy"
Bullshit Pedagogy - Stuart Bracewell - pages 6-7 here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x33gWKSltMyWNASTJXUdAyrKOL-vI8Ua/view?usp=drive_link
David Graeber - ‘On the phenomena of bullshit jobs’ - a short article which inspired the book https://libcom.org/article/phenomenon-bullshit-jobs-david-graeber
Bullshit Jobs - available on Spotify as an audiobook.
Reading List for Session 2 "Deschooling Society"
Quick/Easy:
This short article outlining Illich's arguments with a critique and link to the experience of education under lockdown:
https://davidbuckingham.net/2021/04/14/deschooling-society-revisiting-ivan-illich-after-lockdown/
Core:
Deschooling Society by Illich (1971)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RCdZfnAct3rK_aTjEHBI0sZbwEeg5YFq/view
https://open.spotify.com/show/63Rj31XHonTUXx2VH8I3jA?si=af3f365cd5664fcf
Longer/Advanced:
A critique of Illich by Gintis, a Marxist who came up with a well-know critique of schools under capitalism 'the hidden curriculum
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RCdZfnAct3rK_aTjEHBI0sZbwEeg5YFq/view?usp=drive_link
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1O2brl9WPj3jdhwFIce5U?si=f097c82c8a824de1
