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How do children learn to speak?

Feb 08, 2019 | Category: language

In chapter 2 of my book, Making Kids Cleverer, I discuss, David Geary's theory of biologically primary and secondary knowledge. Human beings seem to have various universal behaviours and characteristi...

#Judith RIch Harris #Stephen Pinker #David Geary #Daniel Everett #Jeremy Lent #Kevin Laland #language acquisition

Getting culture right Part 2: Understanding group psychology

Jan 12, 2018 | Category: behaviour

This is the second post on getting cultures right in schools. You can find Part 1, on social norms and using normative messages, here.We are essentially social animals and have evolved to thrive in...

#Judith RIch Harris #Elliot Aronson #group socialisation theory #stereotype threat #Claude Steele #Dominic Abrams #Henri Tajfel #inter-group discrimination #Muzafer Sherif #superordinate goals

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

Why 'grammar schools for all' won't work

Apr 30, 2017 | Category: psychology

A better, but overlong, title for this would be "Why grammar schools don't work for all and why 'grammar schools for all' (probably) won't work".At the birth of the comprehensive school movement, prim...

#Judith RIch Harris #grammar schools #group socialisation theory #Harold Wilson #stereotype threat

What's the difference between character and personality?

Jan 25, 2016 | Category: Featured

The recent Sutton Trust report on character education, A Winning Personality, concludes that extroversion correlates strongly with career success. It recommends that schools focus their efforts on imp...

#Sutton Trust #Annie Murphy Paul #character #Judith RIch Harris #Jubilee Centre #personality

20 psychological principles for teachers #3 Development

May 27, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is the third in a series of posts unpicking the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching And Learning. This time it’s the turn of Principle 3: Students’ cognitive development and learning...

#Jean Piaget #cognitive development #Judith RIch Harris