Is the use of PowerPoint in lessons misguided?
Is the use of PowerPoint in lessons misguided?
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The problem with ‘reading along’
Mar 25, 2017 | Uncategorized |
It has become an unwritten law of teaching that when reading aloud to students, the teacher must ensure students are reading along in their own copy of the text. This is, I contend, a bad idea. To understand why we need to...
Read MoreStop Fetishising Failure and Success
Mar 25, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Famous ‘failures’ is a slightly ridiculous concept when tied to the idea of ‘success’. In most cases the people above are famous people who have succeeded who have experienced some sort of failure in their lives. I’m not sure...
Read MoreThe consequences of freedom
Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you’ll live… at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin’ to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back...
Read MoreToo Much Teaching is Wasted
Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Let me give you some information: (Try to imagine that you’re going to learn it.) The Earth-Sun distance is used as unit of distance called the Astronomical Unit. 1 AU. The Earth-Moon distance is 0.0026 AU to 2 significant...
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