Tuesday 13th February 2018
Posted: Tue 13 Feb, 2018 7:10 am
Morning all.
Discuss.“The great thing about EU regulation is that it is not primarily there for business convenience, it is not primarily there to create opportunities for companies to trade freely across frontiers, it is primarily there to create a united EU.”
The foreign secretary called it a “teleological construction” that was “ends driven”. He said the founding fathers of the common market decided to create a “new sense of political identity by legal means” – but claimed this went against liberal thinking. “[John Stuart] Mill would say that the national group, the group that most associate with each other, govern each other. But this was a new idea to try to transcend that.”
Well, I never knew that. Isn't Boris Johnson an education! Or something.Teleology or finality is a reason or explanation for something in function of its end, purpose or goal. It is derived from two Greek words: telos (end, goal, purpose) and logos (reason, explanation). A purpose that is imposed by a human use, such as that of a fork, is called extrinsic.
Teleology - Wikipedia
It was the first teacher-training course to explicitly align itself with the “neo-traditionalist” education movement that criticises “progressive” teaching styles, which often emphasise transferable skills, group work and hands-on learning.
Its programme director Mr Peal is a history teacher at the West London Free School who was seconded to the Department for Education in 2015-16 to support schools minister Nick Gibb with policy advice and speechwriting.
He told Tes last year that the creation of the PGCE was in response to a “surge of enthusiasm over the past few years for knowledge-based education”.
However, the move drew criticism from some people in the university ITT sector, who branded the claims “arrogant” and expressed concern about BPP’s for-profit status.
Johnson's incoherent poppycock made no sense yesterday and the morning doesn't improve itPaulfromYorkshire wrote:Trailer for the Boris Valentines speech, from the Groan.
Discuss.“The great thing about EU regulation is that it is not primarily there for business convenience, it is not primarily there to create opportunities for companies to trade freely across frontiers, it is primarily there to create a united EU.”
The foreign secretary called it a “teleological construction” that was “ends driven”. He said the founding fathers of the common market decided to create a “new sense of political identity by legal means” – but claimed this went against liberal thinking. “[John Stuart] Mill would say that the national group, the group that most associate with each other, govern each other. But this was a new idea to try to transcend that.”
Johnson's longing to use the words 'teleological construct' overwhelmed him, his goal achieved.PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.Well, I never knew that. Isn't Boris Johnson an education! Or something.Teleology or finality is a reason or explanation for something in function of its end, purpose or goal. It is derived from two Greek words: telos (end, goal, purpose) and logos (reason, explanation). A purpose that is imposed by a human use, such as that of a fork, is called extrinsic.
Teleology - Wikipedia
Concise and accurateHindleA wrote:Garbology.
Having studied history at university I can confirm (as I'm sure Dr RoT doesn't need explaining ) that the subject isn't about rote learning what someone else tells you about it (knowledge) it's about having the ability to infer new things from source materials for yourself (transferable skills). Our knowledge of history is changing all the time, there's even a term for it - "the historical debate". GCSE's were brilliant for history, at least they were when I took them the year they were introduced, as they introduced the use of source materials, an important skill for historians and something I was using throughout my degree. I don't know what history GCSE's are like currently, but children learn about history throughout primary and key stage 3 so there's plenty of time to map out a basic framework of events, a knowledge base, before they get to GCSE level, so I really don't see why you wouldn't want to start introducing the skills needed to be an historian, rather than just know about history, at GCSE level. I'm sure the early start helped me get a better degree and it certainly helped me get a lot more out of studying history than I might have otherwise.RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.
There will be a fair bit of schadenfreude in the university teacher training sector at this news I would imagine.
Exclusive: 'First knowledge-based PGCE' will be discontinued
https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/br ... scontinued
It was the first teacher-training course to explicitly align itself with the “neo-traditionalist” education movement that criticises “progressive” teaching styles, which often emphasise transferable skills, group work and hands-on learning.
Its programme director Mr Peal is a history teacher at the West London Free School who was seconded to the Department for Education in 2015-16 to support schools minister Nick Gibb with policy advice and speechwriting.
He told Tes last year that the creation of the PGCE was in response to a “surge of enthusiasm over the past few years for knowledge-based education”.
However, the move drew criticism from some people in the university ITT sector, who branded the claims “arrogant” and expressed concern about BPP’s for-profit status.
See also this from Helen Evans, who was on C4 news last night.adam wrote:The oxfam stuff is horrific and there are serious questions about how the organisation dealt with what they learned (which they are clearly trying now to deal with) but this isn't about how charities or charity workers behave, it's about how men behave - it's a complement to the rest of the gender politics dominating the news on both sides of the atlantic at the moment, not something about a failed third sector. Don't see that in most of the reporting, somehow.
Henry McDonald
After the departure of Theresa May and her Irish counterpart, Leo Varadkar, from Northern Ireland last night, the talking resumes today at Stormont aimed at securing a power sharing restoration deal that the two premiers thought might be achievable on Monday.
But sources from inside the Democratic Unionist Party indicate that there are now serious difficulties ahead for its leadership to sell any package that could be perceived as containing a stand-alone Irish Language Act.
One DUP source said there was “internal uproar” overnight regarding the outline of a deal. (Politics Live, Guardian)
He's a nobody, a backbencher. Only been an MP since 2010 and has never held a cabinet position, just sat on a couple of committees. The idea he could be PM over far more experienced and proven Tory ministers is ludicrous, yet his possibility of being PM has mysteriously come to be unquestionably accepted and even pushed by mainstream media. Why? Even if you're not totally convinced by the whole Russian bot stuff, you've got to admit there is something very off about the rise of Rees-Mogg. Even that UWE scuffle was a bit rum, what with Breitbart being there with cameras. Why is Breitbart following a backbencher around? Because he's pals with Steve Bannon?KREMLIN SOCIAL NETWORK BACKING JACOB REES-MOGG
Well that's very revealing, isn't it? The Charity Commission and the government failed to look into the concerns she raised in 2015. Yet the minute the Times decides to write about it.....gilsey wrote:See also this from Helen Evans, who was on C4 news last night.adam wrote:The oxfam stuff is horrific and there are serious questions about how the organisation dealt with what they learned (which they are clearly trying now to deal with) but this isn't about how charities or charity workers behave, it's about how men behave - it's a complement to the rest of the gender politics dominating the news on both sides of the atlantic at the moment, not something about a failed third sector. Don't see that in most of the reporting, somehow.
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Given the Daily Mail front page this morning, a close look at what goes on there (and at the other right wing rags) would be highly interesting I think?adam wrote:The oxfam stuff is horrific and there are serious questions about how the organisation dealt with what they learned (which they are clearly trying now to deal with) but this isn't about how charities or charity workers behave, it's about how men behave - it's a complement to the rest of the gender politics dominating the news on both sides of the atlantic at the moment, not something about a failed third sector. Don't see that in most of the reporting, somehow.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ories-cutsThe irony is not lost on some observers that the first local authority to go bust under austerity is not the profligate Labour municipality of media caricature, but a Tory-run council in the heart of middle England.
Penny Smith, the council’s Unison branch secretary, said: “Can you just imagine if this was a Labour authority? They’d be saying ‘Typical Labour, can’t run anything’.”
Furthermore, it has crashed after rigid adherence to the Tory ideological rulebook for local government. Northamptonshire embarked on a “next generation” reform plan in 2014. Services would be outsourced or turned into profit-making companies. The council would drastically shrink in size and be run like a business. “The old model of local government no longer works,” it declared.
The grand plan failed at a cost, say critics, of more than £50m on consultants and rebranding. Expected efficiency savings did not materialise, some privatised services have since been hauled back in-house and the scheme’s political architects, including the then council leader Jim Harker and the then chief executive Paul Blantern, have departed. After years of freezing council tax bills on principle, the authority has raised them by 6% from April. (Guardian)
Note the date on the article - 2013.Nine spectacular council outsourcing failures
Well spotted. I've tried to interest Political Scrapbook in it.RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.
There will be a fair bit of schadenfreude in the university teacher training sector at this news I would imagine.
Exclusive: 'First knowledge-based PGCE' will be discontinued
https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/br ... scontinued
It was the first teacher-training course to explicitly align itself with the “neo-traditionalist” education movement that criticises “progressive” teaching styles, which often emphasise transferable skills, group work and hands-on learning.
Its programme director Mr Peal is a history teacher at the West London Free School who was seconded to the Department for Education in 2015-16 to support schools minister Nick Gibb with policy advice and speechwriting.
He told Tes last year that the creation of the PGCE was in response to a “surge of enthusiasm over the past few years for knowledge-based education”.
However, the move drew criticism from some people in the university ITT sector, who branded the claims “arrogant” and expressed concern about BPP’s for-profit status.
Barnet was another one.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Not the first time this much touted by some on the right "outsourcing model" for local government has fallen flat (see Suffolk CC for another good example)
Yes - I was having a trawl round, earler, for old news articles on Barnet but couldn't find much. I'll have another go.Tubby Isaacs wrote:Barnet was another one.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Not the first time this much touted by some on the right "outsourcing model" for local government has fallen flat (see Suffolk CC for another good example)
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Allegoric clout contest is rearranged to feature in Boris Johnson speech (10,9).
Stop genetically engineered trees!
Tory majority of one seat going into this May's elections - unfortunately, Labour's current problems with Jewish voters give them a non-negligible chance of holding onTubby Isaacs wrote:Barnet was another one.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Not the first time this much touted by some on the right "outsourcing model" for local government has fallen flat (see Suffolk CC for another good example)
They don't make fairy dust like they used to (as Theresa May is discovering).May and Varadkar's Stormont visits 'a distraction' - DUP leader
Some interesting comments from the leader of the DUP, Arlene Foster, who says the presence of the prime minister, Theresa May, and the Irish taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, proved “bit of a distraction” at Stormont yesterday.
While they were welcome, Foster says the arrivals of Varadkar and May, whose Westminster government the DUP props up, interrupted negotiations.
The decision for them both to travel to Northern Ireland was seen as an indication the two leaders believed that, after more than year, a deal to set up a power-sharing government was close.
But Foster says both governments were told in advance that “the deal wasn’t done”. Speaking to the Press Association, Foster says:
I am hopeful that we will move toward devolution again.
Whether it’s this week, whether it’s in a couple of weeks or whether it’s in a couple of months what I must ensure is that we have an accommodation that everybody feels content with.
Her comments will cause some embarrassment for May, who had urged “one final push” and apparently believed she would be able to announce a deal yesterday. Politics Live, Guardian)
Chipping Barnet was the best Labour performance in a seat with Jewish voters, so they might be OK.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Tory majority of one seat going into this May's elections - unfortunately, Labour's current problems with lots of Jewish voters give them a non-negligible chance of holding onTubby Isaacs wrote:Barnet was another one.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Not the first time this much touted by some on the right "outsourcing model" for local government has fallen flat (see Suffolk CC for another good example)
Allegoric clout contest is an anagram of "teleological construct" (I think).PorFavor wrote:PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Allegoric clout contest is rearranged to feature in Boris Johnson speech (10,9).
You'll have to tell me . . .
(Please)
Thanks. I can't marry up the (9,10) bit - but numbers aren't my strong suit so it's probably me!PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Allegoric clout contest is an anagram of "teleological construct" (I think).PorFavor wrote:PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Allegoric clout contest is rearranged to feature in Boris Johnson speech (10,9).
You'll have to tell me . . .
(Please)
Sorry it should have been (12,9)PorFavor wrote:Thanks. I can't marry up the (9,10) bit - but numbers aren't my strong suit so it's probably me!PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Allegoric clout contest is an anagram of "teleological construct" (I think).PorFavor wrote:[
You'll have to tell me . . .
(Please)