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Are teachers cursed with knowledge?

Sep 05, 2016 | Category: Featured
The Curse of Knowledge: when we are given knowledge, it is impossible to imagine what it's like to lack that knowledge. Chip Heath, Made to Stick How much do teachers need to know? In my last post I...

Why do we overestimate the importance of differences?

Nov 05, 2014 | Category: learning
"For a difference to be a difference, it must make a difference." William James We're all different. Obviously. Just like snowflakes, human beings are all special, unique and entirely individual. B...

#ResearchED - Everything you know about education is wrong

Sep 06, 2014 | Category: Featured
If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong. Charles F. Kettering I realise I must have come as something as a disappointment for all those expecting the curly-headed medical mis...

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...