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Why smart people say stupid things: a response to Jack Ma

Jan 24, 2019 | Category: Featured
In case you're unaware, I've just published a book that explains the role of knowledge in thought. Rather than rehash the arguments in depth (there are a series of chapter summaries here) suffice it t...

Leading literacy masterclass: 1st March 2019

Jan 23, 2019 | Category: Featured
Since the publication of The Secret of Literacy back in 2014 I've been asked to visit a lot of schools to talk about how teachers can make sure they're focussing on reading, writing and speaking as we...

Making Kids #Cleverer - Conclusion: Shifting the bell curve

Jan 11, 2019 | Category: Featured
This is the final post in a series of chapter summaries of the arguments made in my new book, Making Kids Cleverer. The rest of the series can be found here.And so, we finally reach the conclusion. He...

Making Kids #Cleverer - Chapter 10 Struggle and success

Jan 10, 2019 | Category: Featured
This post is part of a series of chapter summaries of the arguments made in my new book, Making Kids Cleverer. The rest of the series can be found here.This last chapter is aimed specifically at teach...

Making Kids #Cleverer - Chapter 9 Practice makes permanent

Jan 09, 2019 | Category: Featured
This post is part of a series of chapter summaries of the arguments made in my new book, Making Kids Cleverer. The rest of the series can be found here.This chapter moves our discussion of how to make...

Making Kids #Cleverer - Chapter 8: What knowledge?

Jan 07, 2019 | Category: Featured
This post is part of a series of chapter summaries of the arguments made in my new book, Making Kids Cleverer. The rest of the series can be found here.Having made the case that by teaching children m...

Making Kids #Cleverer – Chapter 7 You are what you know

Jan 06, 2019 | Category: Featured
This post summarises the arguments in the seventh chapter of my new book, Making Kids Cleverer. The rest of the chapter summaries can be found here.I'm sure that some readers who my be otherwise sympa...

Making Kids #Cleverer: Chapter 6 How memory works

Jan 05, 2019 | Category: Featured
This post is part of a series of chapter summaries of the arguments made in my new book, Making Kids Cleverer. The rest of the series can be found here.If you've been following the argument so far, yo...

Making Kids #Cleverer - Chapter 5 Can we get cleverer?

Jan 04, 2019 | Category: Featured
This post summarises the arguments in the fifth chapter of my new book, Making Kids Cleverer. The rest of the chapter summaries can be found here.If intelligence is casually connected with heath, happ...

Making Kids #Cleverer – Chapter 4: Nature via nurture

Jan 03, 2019 | Category: Featured
This post summarises the arguments in the fourth chapter of my new book, Making Kids Cleverer. The rest of the chapter summaries can be found here.A central consideration to the project of making kids...