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Do schools matter less than we think?

Aug 12, 2017 | Category: research

Disturbingly for all of us involved in education, it seems as if schools and teaching may matter a lot less than we would like to believe. Before setting out the arguments I want to make it clear that...

#heritability #behaviour genetics #non shared environment #school

Larkin was wrong: parenting makes less difference than we think

Aug 11, 2017 | Category: Featured

Being a parent is a terrifying responsibility. The message of Larkin's poem, ‘This Be The Verse’, is that parents cannot help but pass on their failings to their children, and that the reason we...

#Judith RIch Harris #heritability #parenting

What causes behaviour?

Aug 10, 2017 | Category: research

The age-old debate as to what causes human behaviour - nature vs nurture - shows little sign of running out of steam, despite having been emphatically resolved as far as science is concerned. Althoug...

#research #heritability #evidence #Joseph Carroll #science

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

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