Mar 14, 2017 | educational policy, schools |
In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker argues that “education is a technology that tries to make up for what the human mind is innately bad at.” Schools have only ever existed in cultures where culturally specific knowledge has...
Read MoreMar 13, 2017 | educational policy |
Don’t say goodbye to Mr Chips!!! Maybe it’s because I’ve read Lord of the Flies but I’m not sure putting children in charge of education is the best thing for them, our schools, or, indeed, all of our futures. In her...
Read MoreMar 12, 2017 | assessment |
I’ve been looking at the specimen papers for GCSEs in English, Maths and Science to get a feel for the expectations at the top-end. Although, in theory, schools should have been engaging with these materials for a while, with...
Read MoreMar 12, 2017 | professional development, teachers, Uncategorized |
Say ‘No’ to professional development. That’s the obvious conclusion to be drawn from a series of recent, rigorous, randomised-controlled studies of professional development programmes. Unlike…...
Read MoreMar 12, 2017 | education |
This article examined (1) the research on speed reading and (2) the relative merits of reading a physical book, newspaper or article as opposed to reading from a screen. I am going to discuss (1) this week and (2) next. The...
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