Marxism and Education: Renewing Dialogues X - Ten Years of New Labour

MARXISM AND EDUCATION: RENEWING DIALOGUES X



Ten Years of New Labour: Blair's Educational Legacy and Prospects



A DAY SEMINAR
Wednesday 24th October 2007
9.00 – 5.00, Nunn Hall
School of Education Foundations & Policy Studies
University of London, Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way, London WC1



9.00 – 9.30:
Registration


9.30 – 10.00:
Introduction and Announcements:
Tony Green (University of London, Institute of Education) and
Glenn Rikowski (University of Northampton) – will talk about the new book by Paula Allman, On Marx: An Introduction to the Revolutionary Intellect of Karl Marx


10.00 – 10.30:
Ian Hextall (Roehampton University) & Malcolm Richardson (Middlesex University) Building for Business? New Labour's 'Building Schools for the Future' Programme


10.30 – 11.00:
Molly Bellamy (Middlesex University) Changing Narratives of Self in Student Writing Under New Labour


11.00 – 11.15: BREAK


11.15 – 11.45:
Alpesh Maisuria (University of Wolverhampton) The Torture of Capitalism


11.45 – 12.15:
Martin Allen (Alperton Community School) & Patrick Ainley (University of Greenwich) Education Still Make You Fick Under Gordon Brown, Innit?


12.15 – 1.15: LUNCH


1.15 – 1.45:
Dave Hill (University of Northampton) Critical Pedagogy, Revolutionary Critical Pedagogy and Socialist Education: What Should Socialist/Marxist Teachers Do?


1.45 – 2.15:
Thaker Hafid (Cardiff University) The Privatisation of Education Phase II: Perspectives on state schools and the private sector after ten years of a Labour government


2.15 – 2.30: BREAK

2.30 – 3.00:
Philip A. Woods (University of Aberdeen) City Academies: Alienation, Economism and Contending Forces for Change


3.00 – 3.30:
Kevin Farnsworth (University of Sheffield) Coming up with the Wrong Answers: Labour's Corporate-Centred Education Initiatives


3.30 – 3.45: BREAK


3.45 – 5.00: PLENARY – OPEN DISCUSSION
The Seminar is free, but places are limited

To reserve a place, please contact Glenn Rikowski at: Rikowskigr@aol.com


Best wishes
Glenn
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