British Education in the 1960s | It's a battle ground | Education | 1960s | Report | 1969
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- his Thames Television special ‘It’s a battleground’ examines the fundamental assumptions of educational thinking in 1960s Britain. Visiting a school in that had the long standing reputation as a bad school where kids were seen as uneducated and not willing to learn. All this turned around with the introduction of a new Head and a very different approach.
First shown: 06/05/1969
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Lot of different comments here, I left school in Liverpool in 1964 .. I didn’t even KNOW that I could go to grammar school.. but not knowing anything about them even now I imagine it cost the parents a lot of money to send their children to these schools… so it would not have been an option for me anyway..I said to one of the teachers when I was about eight years old “ we are only being given enough knowledge to become “ worker bees” as I had realised that there were a lot more things to learn out there.But I just got on with my life after school.. I am now 73 years old and have had a good life..but with a good education it would have been a lot more fulfilling.. you all out there stay safe and take care now
Nice comment. Thank you.
I went to a technical school 1968 to 1973, it was great. Engineering workshops, woodwork, building all backed up applied mathematics, physics, chemistry and practical subjects.
Apparently the TUC didn't like technical schools as they on their control of the apprenticeship system.
So only a few technical schools were created.
I detested school from day one . I felt imprisoned after spending most of my days playing in the low hills near my home . I counted the days to each school holiday period and can still remember the feeling of desolation as they came to an end and the return to the 'prison'.😢
Such a versatile actor, with an acting pedigree most actors could only dream of having.
I remember well Dick Turpin, Man about the House and Me & My Girl.
Great video. Thanks for uploading it 🙋♀️
I met a kid from Bangladesh who moved to Canada at 14, he went to a British School in Kuwait (A-O) system, they had to bump him from Grade 9 to Grade 12 because Canadian education was so lacking.
I haven't seen the video yet, but I remember the IT teacher asking me what a 90 degree angle is, maths teacher asking what are the "articles" in English grammar, the geography teacher arguing with me that the Moon's tidal force is such rubbish, no one has ever even heard about, also laughing at me when I mentioned earthquakes in the UK. A teaching assistant asking students " how is you?" instead of how are you and similar basic English grammar errors were a norm.
English isn't my first language but this was very shocking and upsetting for me having to hear these sorts of things on daily basis. I worried about my English but I didn't need to.
This is just a tiny example of the knowledge our teachers should be passing down to their students, which I have observed whilst working at one of the better high schools in England.
I went to a secondary modern and there was rigid discipline and structured learning,
quite different to what you see here. We studied for GCE ''O''Levels and CSE exams.
This school is clearly much more relaxed but there seems little educational rigour,
they don't seem as thought they are being mentally stretched or challenged. ////s
Schooling system is representative of the overall ruling class system that typically exists in the UK.
It wasn't a battleground most of the time.
Who remembers having to use ink fountain pens and a bottle of ink on our desks? or if lucky, a child might have a less messy cartridge pen?
If that was classed as a difficult school take a long look at the schools of today ,the kids rule the school teachers have NO !!! Say ,it's disgusting today I went to a back in the day school ,where there where rules laid out if you didn't stick to the rules you got punished , you left school found a job earned your living and grew up as a good citizen as you could cos of the way you where brought up ,
4:16 THIS THIS! what a hero! yet why does it still happen in 2024? Streaming has a terrible effect on young people.
Most educational regions just want you to pass the state exams to keep up their numbers.
Thats all it's about.
They want you to repeat their rubbish I hated it and I left 44 years ago ! Elliott school london
This was practically the peak and peak effect of the Three Rs of Education , completely destroying all human consciousness, as evidenced by mankind's infantalised state.
What are you talking about?
Are you high?
@@exempligratia101 I am "writing" about the fact that the education failed because it produced commenters who can scarcely cobble together questions and statements much beyond one or two sentences such as those who populate social media platforms like this.
Your question, for example, may as well have been written without consonants, as in "ya waa!" For all the value it demonstrated.
@@raijinenel3116 See above response, as it, evidently, also relates to you.
@@MrAndrew535 seems that pomp and circumstance makes you…
perhaps you need to recognize that the world is a far cry from the 20th century. Educators have always commentated, one way or another. And academics ideally should not align to a specific ideology since it requires a change of a different viewpoint. I agree about people making thesis on two or less words being undervalued and grossly incompetent.
Tell me, sir, what you propose to resolve a teaching crisis? Or perhaps aren’t parents irresponsibly not guiding their children correctly? seeing it as you are a “know it all” 😏