Product reviews for Manglish

This is a vital and exciting new publication, which asks - and answers - some of the -˜big questions' about learning. It is in the very best tradition of educational thought, with important implications for anyone who will need to manage complexity in their thinking. Her ideas will produce many desirable outcomes, not least -” if they will read it -” among politicians.

-˜Manglish' offers an exciting and practical approach to the integrated curriculum which makes the seemingly impossible appear seamlessly practical. -˜Big questions' about curriculum are answered in manageable and differentiated small steps, which teachers can first imitate then create for themselves.

The -˜Manglish' curriculum - reminiscent of the best of De Bono and adapted by the author's own -˜teacherly' creativity - offers exciting potential for liberating teachers from the strictures of subject compartmentalisation and for creating pupils who are independent and confident thinkers, able to shape the real world in which they live as both experts and co-workers.

The -˜Manglish Mats' open the doors of a new perception, allowing teachers to -˜start from scratch' in designing a collaborative and multi-disciplinary curriculum without falling into the trap of forcing connections between subjects. They combine the best of -˜traditional' support and guidance with the potential for genuine challenge and creativity, in which pupils who are -˜hungry to learn' will develop -˜great minds -¦ see connections and -¦ shape our future.'