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The importance of play (and why it's better to avoid bullshit)

Dec 10, 2019 | Category: Featured
Play is an essential part of learning. The young of many species play in order to test their physical limits, form bonds with others, explore the environment, practice hunting behaviours and generally...
#Stephen Pinker #James Tooley #Karyn Purvis #Moravec’s paradox #play-based learning

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

Essay writing: style and substance

Nov 17, 2015 | Category: English
You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable.George Eliot As with most subjects, the step up from GCSE to A level English literature is tough. You can...
#English literature #nominalisation #Stephen Pinker

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