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When is it worth arguing about bad ideas?

Dec 07, 2015 | Category: Featured

Argue with idiots, and you become an idiot.Paul Graham Trying to identify and inoculate yourself against bad ideas is always worthwhile, but trying to set others strait is a thankless, task. And maybe...

#Tom Bennett #Jo Boaler #Paul Graham

So, what does 'gifted' mean anyway?

Jun 14, 2013 | Category: Featured

As you may be aware, non-selective secondary schools are failing the 'most able'. How do we know? Because a brand new Ofsted report tells us so. The report's key findings include such revelations as t...

#Ofsted #Tom Bennett #Geoff Barton #Tom Sherrington #G&T

Grit vs Flow - what's better for learning?

Mar 04, 2013 | Category: Featured

[caption id="attachment_2963" align="alignleft" width="300"] At least it wasn't Brain Gym![/caption] Bugger! Having just put up a new classroom display exhorting the benefits of 'flow' and using the i...

#Tom Bennett #Malcolm Gladwell #Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi #Alex Quigley #Cal Newport

Awards season

Nov 19, 2011 | Category: Featured

Being as I'm still very new to this blogging game (was it only July I made my first post?) I had no idea there were awards for it, let alone awards for educational blogging. Who knew?Well, apparently...

#Kristian Still #Dr Mark Evans #edublog awards #Laura Sutherland #Mark Anderson #Tom Bennett

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When is it worth arguing about bad ideas?

So, what does 'gifted' mean anyway?

Grit vs Flow - what's better for learning?

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