[senco-forum] On Newsnight this evening

From: Judith Stansfield <stass at onyxnet.co.uk>

Personally I don't know that much about Brain Gym, but it's a dangerous road
we go down if we start to let "pseudoscience" through.  We already live in a
world where we have just wasted millions of taxpayers money on an enquiry
into a farcical claim about a conspiracy to kill Princess Diana, where I
find that most people under 25 "know" the moon landings were faked and I've
just listened to a "serious" discussion with a feng shui consultant on the
radio.

Jamie

> From: Judith Stansfield <stass at onyxnet.co.uk>
> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:50:57 +0100
> To: 'MARY HART' <mary.hart1 at btinternet.com>, <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] On Newsnight this evening
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> I watched this and I think it was a great pity that the American founder
> did not come out well under Paxman's grilling and supercilious treatment
> of the programme - I have not been personally involved but I know that
> lots of schools find it very helpful - if it works, even if it is
> 'pseudo science', does it matter?
> Cheers
> Judith
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> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of MARY HART
> Sent: 02 April 2008 18:41
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> Subject: [senco-forum] On Newsnight this evening
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> "BRAIN GYM" 
> You might not have heard of it, but your children could well be experts.
> Brain Gym is a programme used in hundreds of schools across Britain -
> backed by the government. It's a series of daily physical exercises that
> are supposed to aid learning - by stimulating the vital organs. Many
> teachers - and many pupils - are convinced it works. But scientists are
> worried - believing that it amounts to "pseudo-science" and is
> misleading young children about the workings of the human body. The
> American founder of Brain Gym will be on the programme.
> 
> Mary Hart
> Birmingham
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