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Reading aloud might boost students' memories

Dec 07, 2017 | Category: reading
In the latest edition of the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, Bradley Busch writes about a new study which compared the effects on memory of reading in silence to those of reading out...

When do novices become experts?

Feb 17, 2018 | Category: psychology
It's a fairly well established principle of cognitive science that experts and novices think differently. Being aware of these differences can make a big difference to teachers. For instance, if we as...

12 rules for schools: Rule 6 Set your house in perfect order before you criticise the world

Feb 07, 2018 | Category: Featured
This is the sixth installment in a series of posts adapting Jordan Peterson’s book, 12 Rules of Life to the context of eduction. You can read the rest of posts in this series here.  Judge not, that y...

"Anyone who disagrees with me is a neoliberal racist!"

Feb 04, 2018 | Category: Featured
I've spent much of last year or so feeling baffled at the unpleasant depths to which debate in education has sunk. The approach to which I've always tried to aspire is to advance an argument based on...

12 Rules for Schools - Rule 5 Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them

Feb 02, 2018 | Category: behaviour
Welcome to the fifth installment in a series of posts adapting Jordan Peterson’s book, 12 Rules of Life to the context of eduction. All the posts in this series are collected here. This is not intende...

12 Rules for schools - Rule 4 Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today

Jan 26, 2018 | Category: Featured
This is the fourth in a series of posts adapting Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules of Life to the context of eduction. All the posts in this series are collected here. This is not intended as an accurate sum...

12 Rules for schools – Rule 3 Make friends with people who want the best for you

Jan 24, 2018 | Category: Featured
This is the third in a series of posts adapting Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules of Life to the context of eduction. I'm linking all the posts in this series here. This is not intended as an accurate summar...

Good intentions are not good enough

Jan 23, 2018 | Category: Featured
I genuinely believe that everyone involved in education is well-intentioned. If making money was the prime motivation I'm sure we could find other, more profitable areas to operate in. Like internatio...

12 rules for schools – Rule 2 Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping

Jan 22, 2018 | Category: Featured
This is the second in a series of posts adapting Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules of Life to the context of eduction. You can find my thoughts on Rule 1 here. Please note, Peterson talks about a lot of othe...

12 Rules for schools - Rule 1 Stand up straight with your shoulders back

Jan 21, 2018 | Category: Featured
I've just finished the Canadian academic and controversialist, Jordan Peterson's book, 12 Rules of Life: An antidote to chaos and my over-riding impression is that it's an important, erudite and thoug...