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Podcast: Education On Fire - Sharing creative and inspiring learning in our schools
Episode: 145: Schooling and Social Identity with Dr. Patrick Alexander
Description: Is the current age-based system of organising learning in schools in need of radical change?Dr. Patrick Alexander from Oxford Brookes University shares his thoughts based on his new book - Schooling and Social Identity: Learning to Act Your Age in Contemporary Britain.Patrick Alexander is a social anthropologist specialising in education, childhood and youth studies. Patrick's research and teaching interests include the sociology of schooling, youth and youth subcultures, gender, ethnography, and social theory.Patrick is Research Lead for the School of Education, with oversight for research and knowledge exhange activity. Patrick is...