Monthly Archives: September 2015

Last month was a bit on the patchy side. I blogged like fury, then nothing for a week. Anyway, here’s my output over the month including the last, dying days of August: Can we make learning permanent? 30th August – Revisiting … Continue reading →

Loyal readers may remember my attempts to wade through the Top 20 Principles of Psychology for Teaching & Learning report from the APA. If you haven’t already read it, don’t bother. This remarkably concise digest produced by Deans for Impact does … Continue reading →

I am reading Eric Kalenze’s Education is Upside Down.  He observes: “It’s a vast overstatement to say that a single… institutional mission exists to guide [the] practices of American education.” Reading that reminded me of a question we asked when … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
In case you missed it, I was recently mentioned in an essay by UK Schools Minister Nick Gibb: The essay comes from a collection produced by the think-tank Policy Exchange. It was put together…

Originally posted on The Long Walk:
The Long Walk is a novel by Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King). The story revolves around the contestants of a gruelling walking contest set in an alternative totalitarian United States.   Each “Walker” must…

Forget celebrities in the jungle or random wannabes in the Big Brother house. In 2015 reality TV does schools. From the Channel 4 series Educating Essex, Educating Yorkshire and now Educating Cardiff (spoiler alert: Welsh kids are lovable rogues and … Continue reading →