User:Jprw/All must have prizes
| Author | Melanie Phillips |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Education, Educational reformCultural studies, |
| Genre | Cultural studies, polemics |
| Publisher | Little Brown and Company (UK) |
Publication date | 29 July 1996 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 384 |
| ISBN | 0-316-88180-5 |
All Must Have Prizes is a 1996 book by the author and journalist Melanie Phillips that criticises recent historical trends in educational reform in the United Kingdom, characterised by a departure away from literacy- and knowledge-based learning in early childhood education through to university education, as the principles of teaching a body of rules and selection in schools have in Phillips's opinion become taboo issues. Phillips also asserts that relationships between parent and child and teacher and pupil have been undermined, to the particular detriment of the children, and contends that all these developments have resulted in an increase in illiteracy, falling educational standards and a demoralised teaching profession.
The book was described in The Guardian as "a furious polemic" [1] and criticised and
Background[edit]
Synopsis[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
The book was criticised in The Independent[2] for being
Bibliography[edit]
- Phillips, Melanie (1996). All Must Have Prizes. Little Brown and Company (UK). ISBN 0-316-88180-5.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Natasha Walter (29 March 2003). "The monstrous regiment". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Ted Wragg (13 September 1996). "All Must Have Prizes By Melanie Phillips Little, Brown pounds 17.50". The Independent. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
External links[edit]
[1]spectator 2003
Category:1996 books Category:Social conservatism Category:Political correctness Category:Polemics Category:Cultural history of the United Kingdom