David Willetts
In Estelle Morris meets David Willetts, the former Secretary of State for Education meets the Tory aspiring to the same post and billed as too nice to be leader by the Times. David Willetts MP has a reputation as a moderniser and as one of his party's Big Thinkers. In this programme, he explain...
| Other Authors: | Morris, Estelle., Brook Lapping Productions. |
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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[England] :
Teachers TV/UK Department of Education,
2006.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (28 min.). Previously released as DVD. |
| Series: |
Estelle Morris meets ;
1. Education in video. |
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| Summary: |
In Estelle Morris meets David Willetts, the former Secretary of State for Education meets the Tory aspiring to the same post and billed as too nice to be leader by the Times. David Willetts MP has a reputation as a moderniser and as one of his party's Big Thinkers. In this programme, he explains why the Conservatives will not be reinstating the 11 plus: looking back to my friends from primary school and the brutality of the 11 plus, I can remember the trauma in the houses on our estate. He thinks his party has, in the past, had the wrong approach to education, saying it has got too bogged down in endlessly debating mechanisms for selection between schools and that the priority should instead be to increase the total number of good school places overall. Mr Willetts' passion is history. He says the teaching of the subject is one of the most powerful ways we ve got of spreading a sense of citizenship. |
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Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). In Estelle Morris meets David Willetts, the former Secretary of State for Education meets the Tory aspiring to the same post and billed as too nice to be leader by the Times. David Willetts MP has a reputation as a moderniser and as one of his party's Big Thinkers. In this programme, he explains why the Conservatives will not be reinstating the 11 plus: looking back to my friends from primary school and the brutality of the 11 plus, I can remember the trauma in the houses on our estate. He thinks his party has, in the past, had the wrong approach to education, saying it has got too bogged down in endlessly debating mechanisms for selection between schools and that the priority should instead be to increase the total number of good school places overall. Mr Willetts' passion is history. He says the teaching of the subject is one of the most powerful ways we ve got of spreading a sense of citizenship. Previously released as DVD. Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (VAST: Academic video online). Available via World Wide Web. This edition in English. FLC - Alexander Street Academic Video Online license. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (28 min.). Previously released as DVD. |