Children as social critics for social justice.

This is the text of a lecture on education and schooling (7th October, 9.15 a.m. at the University of Worcester) recommending that the central thrust of the school curriculum is to produce pupils who are adept social critics, of television, the media, their reading and even their schooling. This critique, I hold, is social justice in action, demanding fairness for all irrespective of race, class, gender, ability or background. This is to turn children into activists, concerned with their communities, the environment, and the whole way the world is run. They will be the voters and politicians of the future, so this is akin to them becoming political activists, as Clive Chitty argued in a lecture later the same day in the University of Birmingham.
The full text of my lecture is on:
http://sites.google.com/site/sbiggervaluesineducation