Listen to Dr Shirley Lawes, subject leader for PGCE Languages at the Institute of Education, University of London and a member of the Institute of Ideas Education Forum and Battle of Ideas Organising Committee. In 2010 she was made a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques for services to French language and culture. Here Shirley speaks at the Birmingham Salon debate Schools of the future: What is education for? on Wednesday 6th April 2011 at The Studio, Birmingham.
This recording is 00:17:27 in duration.
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Education and language are siblings-
Language is fluid –
a river, a sea, a lake
or a stagnant pool.
Great talk. I wonder why such voices are not being listened to?