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This programme examines the debate surrounding Neville Bennett in 1976, then lecturer in education at Lancaster University. the value of progressive primary teaching was a politically sensitive iss...ue when he brought out a book 'Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress' in a popular paperback. The publishers and the media (but not Bennett) claimed the book proved that progressive primary schools weren't working. The programme explores in depth the influence of media, politicians and academics on the dissemination of research.
This programme examines the debate surrounding Neville Bennett in 1976, then lecturer in education at Lancaster University. the value of progressive primary teaching was a politically sensitive iss...ue when he brought out a book 'Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress' in a popular paperback. The publishers and the media (but not Bennett) claimed the book proved that progressive primary schools weren't working. The programme explores in depth the influence of media, politicians and academics on the dissemination of research.
| Module code and title: | EH207, Communication and education |
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| Item code: | EH207; 11 |
| First transmission date: | 29-08-1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:36 |
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| Producer: | Patti Langton |
| Contributors: | Neville Bennett; Patricia Broadfoot; Brian Cox; Helen Fraser; Kenneth Hardcastle; David Jessel; Donald McIntyre; David Satterly |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Teaching styles |
| Subject terms: | Lancaster University |
| Master spool number: | HOU5789 |
| Production number: | FOUE219R |
| Videofinder number: | 510 |
| Available to public: | no |
