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Closed questions and higher order thinking
Posted on October 6, 2013
I know that Andrew Old often writes about the way that open questions are often, wrongly, seen as superior to closed questions – ie, it’s seen as being better to ask pupils questions that have lengthy…
When are pupils cognitively ready to learn?
Posted on September 27, 2013
A couple of weeks ago there was a controversy about when pupils should start school. A group of academics sent a letter to the Telegraph arguing that ‘an ever-earlier start to formal learning’ could o…
Research Ed 2013 – How can we discover the root causes of successful teaching and learning?
Posted on September 8, 2013
The title of my speech was ‘Statistical significance and theoretical frameworks: how can we discover the root causes of successful teaching and learning?’, which is a bit of a mouthful, I know. Here’s…
Research Ed 2013 Review
Posted on September 8, 2013
I had the most brilliant time at the Research Ed conference yesterday. Here’s my quick summary of the day. Dulwich College Dulwich College is very beautiful. There were lots of old photos of the crick…
Seven Myths about Education – available in March 2014
Posted on June 18, 2013
My book, Seven Myths about Education, was published as an ebook on 18th June 2013 by The Curriculum Centre. It was then picked up by Routledge, who are going to publish it as a hard copy and an ebook…
Myth Seven – Teaching knowledge is indoctrination
Posted on June 18, 2013
This blog post summarises chapter 7 of my book Seven Myths about Education. It will be published on March 5th 2014 by Routledge. To read the introduction to this sequence of posts, click here. Click h…
Myth Six – Projects and activities are the best way to learn
Posted on June 16, 2013
This blog post summarises chapter 6 of my book Seven Myths about Education. It will be published on March 5th 2014 by Routledge. To read the introduction to this sequence of posts, click here. Click h…
Myth Five – We should teach transferable skills
Posted on June 15, 2013
This blog post summarises chapter 5 of my book Seven Myths about Education. It will be published on March 5th 2014 by Routledge. To read the introduction to this sequence of posts, click here. Click…
Myth Four – You can always just look it up
Posted on June 14, 2013
This blog post summarises chapter 4 of my book Seven Myths about Education. It will be published on March 5th 2014 by Routledge. To read the introduction to this sequence of posts, click here. Click h…