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Education for immigrant children in Britain.
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... Education for immigrant children in Britain. "Education involves the acquisition of a body of knowledge and understanding which surpasses mere skill, know-how or the collection of information. Such knowledge and understanding must involve the principles which underlie skills, procedural knowledge and information, and must transform the life of the person being educated both in terms of his general outlook and in terms of his becoming committed to the standards inherent in the areas of education." Winch.C& Gingell J (2003) The task of education is to transmit to the children the culture and the concepts they will need as adults. Through education, people can come together from different cultural backgrounds in their society so that their individuality, behaviour and freedom of thought continue to be enhanced. The culture we transmit should encourage creative thinking, but this has not always been the case in our natural world. Former head teacher Chris Searle who's














