The curriculum should not be built around a defence of what teachers have been trained to teach; it should be built around giving children the skills they need to know. ... Holt writes: Everyone talks these days about "quality education" for all. ... It is supposed to shape each man to an adequate level for playing a part in this world game. Inexorably we cultivate, treat, produce and school the world out of existence. ... Parsons claimed education was a bridge from family to the wider world. ...

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