For those who have as yet resisted the temptation to buy a copy of my new book, I’ve put together a selection of (hopefully) tempting extracts. Have a great summer y’all.

1. Cognitive dissonance

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2. Fundamental attribution error

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3. Availability bias

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4. The halo effect

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5. Overconfidence

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6. ‘Passive’ learning

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7. The purposes of education

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8. How to teach

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9. Evidence

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10. Meta beliefs

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11. Progress

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12. Tacit knowledge

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13. Knowledge vs understanding

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