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Does technology have the power to transform education?

Sep 18, 2015 | Category: myths

Disruptors is a series of articles and opinion pieces commission by Virgin all loosely connected under the theme "Is education keeping up with the 21st century?" I like to think I can be as disruptive...

#edtech #Virgin Disruptors

When is a bad idea a bad idea?

Jun 23, 2015 | Category: myths

While people are entitled to their illusions, they are not entitled to a limitless enjoyment of them and they are not entitled to impose them upon others.Christopher Hitchens Twitter exploded into fur...

#bloom's taxonomy #Multiple Intelligences

Is displaying students' work worth the effort?

May 16, 2015 | Category: myths

Of all the observations I made about Michaela School, one which proved particularly controversial was their decision not put display children's work. The rationale given for this was twofold. It takes...

#classroom display #Michaela School

Right brain/left brain bollocks

Apr 20, 2015 | Category: myths

I'm frequently sent unsolicited emails from chancers and PR companies asking me to guest post this or publicise that. Some even go to the trouble of addressing their requests to me personally rather t...

#right brain/left brain

Does ADHD exist?

Jan 14, 2015 | Category: myths

One of the few things I remember agreeing with when I heard Ken Robinson talking about changing educational paradigms was his observation that diagnoses of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disord...

#Sir Ken Robinson #ADHD #Marylin Wedge #Richard Saul

5 questions to guard against availability bias and made-up data

Jun 08, 2014 | Category: myths

The cost of bad data is the illusion of knowledge - Stephen Hawking What's more likely to kill you? A shark or a hot water tap? We've all heard stories of killer sharks, but as yet Spielberg hasn't ma...

#data #lesson observation #Policy Exchange #MET Project #NC levels #Tristram Hunt

A request: Have you experienced any craziness in your school?

May 24, 2014 | Category: myths

If there's something you really want to believe, that's what you should question the most. Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller) So. I've started work on my next book, provisionally (and provocatively) entitl...

#cognitive bias

What works is a lot better than what doesn't

May 03, 2014 | Category: myths

Teachers often talk about the vital nature of their work and the fact that for the young people we teach there are no second chances. I've heard teaching compared to air traffic control and the risks...

#research #Cone of Learning #Gert Biesta #Make It Stick

Intuition vs evidence: the power of prediction

May 08, 2014 | Category: myths

I wrote earlier in the week about why, despite it's limitations, research is better than a hunch. Since then, I've been reading Daniel Willingham's article on Real Clear Education; he says that it's n...

#Daniel Willingham #praise #Richard Wiseman #Carl Weiman #physics #research

The dark art of creativity

Apr 11, 2014 | Category: myths

I was recently reminded of the 'schools are killing creativity' trope that was so prevalent a few years ago. Tempting as it may be to nod along with Ken Robinson and his cronies, it's worth contemplat...

#creativity #Sir Ken Robinson #Ray Bradbury #Scott Adams #Steve Jobs #TS Eliot