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My idea for making science a more fundamental part of culture and society

Jun 02, 2017 | Category: Featured

I've been asked to contribute an idea to the British Science Association's campaign, Science: not just for scientists. Their aim is to compile "100 ideas to make science a more fundamental part of cul...

#falsifiability #British Science Association

Everyone values critical thinking, don't they?

May 02, 2017 | Category: Featured

NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning ani...

#Sugata Mitra #knowledge #Aristotle #E.D. Hirsch Jr #Michael Polanyi

Practice vs. talent: Five principles for effective teaching

May 06, 2017 | Category: Featured

Are we the way we are because of our natures or is talent just the product of hard work? Which matters more natural ability of practice?A few years ago my mother reminded me of my struggles with learn...

#Reading #deliberate practice #personality #heritability

Is resilience even a thing?

May 03, 2017 | Category: Featured

There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell. G. K. Chesterton Resilience - being able to bounce back from setbacks and cope with challenges - seems an...

#Grit #Angela Duckworth #resilience #Kathryn Ecclestone #Paul Tough #Tricot & Sweller #William James

Why group socialisation theory argues against grammar schools

Apr 30, 2017 | Category: Featured

My last post was written to explain why I thought 'grammar schools for all' was probably an unworkable idea. I introduced Judith Rich Harris's group socialisation theory to support my arguments, but m...

#Katherine Birbalsingh #grammar schools #group socialisation theory

Is "our knowledge" different from theirs?

Apr 14, 2017 | Category: Featured

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. C. S...

#progressivism #John Dewey

The Great Education Debate

Apr 12, 2017 | Category: Featured

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. Hubert H. Humphrey With increasing frequency, someone will pop up on social media to announce to the world that debating the...

#debate #meta beliefs #false dichotomies #progressivism #traditionalism

Neo-progressivism

Apr 09, 2017 | Category: Featured

Like most people involved in education, I believe in social justice. I want all children, no matter their backgrounds or starting points, to have the best chance of achieving well. I want young peopl...

Didau's Taxonomy

Apr 04, 2017 | Category: Featured

Taxonomy is the science of classification. As such it’s useful for ordering items within a domain into different categories. Contrary to popular understanding, although taxonomies can be hierarchical,...

#bloom's taxonomy

Global warming in education: Why Schleicher is wrong

Mar 31, 2017 | Category: Featured

Without data you're just another person with an opinion. Andreas Schleicher As we all know - well, most of us - the climate is changing as a result of human behaviour. Maybe we could do something abou...

#Andreas Schleicher #OECD