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3.85 ( 34 Ratings by Goodreads)
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British Education is in a state of meltdown. Throughout the system, from nursery classes to degree courses, the relationship between teacher and pupil has been undermined, and the idea that children should be taught a body of rules at all, whether in maths or grammar, is now taboo in many schools. Systematic instruction has given way to approximations and guesswork. The result is a rising tide of illiteracy. Melanie Phillips' devastating book is the inside story of a social debacle. But the collapse of education is not viewed in isolation. At the heart of the problem lies cultural and moral relativism, the doctrine that no values can be judged to be any better or worse than any other. The primary effect, particularly in the last twenty years, is the collapse of the authority of the institutions. Melanie Phillips sounds a warning and offers a blueprint to restore authority and meaning to society.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780751522747
ISBN10 0751522740
Number Of Pages 416
Item Weight 322 g
Product Dimensions 128 x 30 x 192 mm
Publisher / Reseller Sphere
Format paperback
Edition New e.
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Prophetic and provocative, this is likely to become the most discussed work of social criticism since Allan Bloom's THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND. Jonathan Sacks ... [a] seminal book... the issues Phillips discusses are what really matter... it is deeply disturbing that so many educationalists appear unable to accept any evidence which challenges their own complacency and prejudice. Chris Woodhead, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, SUNDAY TIMES An awesome polemic... If we fudge her questions, we will be courting disaster... The reader is swept along by this passion which is linked to superb writing and a fiercely independent mind. GUARDIAN Essential reading SPECTATOR

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Author's Bio

Melanie Phillips has been a columnist for the Guardian and now the Observer and won the prestigious Orwell Prize in 1996 for her journalism. This is her first book.

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