- Is this an education? | Tabula Rasa A thoughtful piece on the unintended consequences of a target-driven system, limiting pupils' life choices.
- Learning styles, science, practice, and Disneyland - Daniel Willingham A useful and nuanced contribution to the learning styles debate (in response to a query from Sue Cowley). Not so sure about Disneyland, though...
- Explainer: what is epigenetics? Excellent and comprehensible account--recommended if only because the term is becoming broadened to apply to non-biological systems in which variation can occur in a number of stages as a result of the interaction of both internal and external factors. Even Maslow's hierarchy of needs is referred to an an epigenetic model. The idea is useful but needs to be treated with caution, so it's good to be reminded of its origins.
- Moving On - NYTimes.com Stanley Fish on retirement and disposing of one's library.
- The Nature of Explanation and the role of mental models (introduction).
- sp!ked review of books | What’s worse than bullying? Anti-bullying intervention Typically thought-provoking contrarian piece from Spiked
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