Private intuition: public expertise
As well as debunking numerous teaching myths, Tom Bennett’s book Teacher Proof reasserts the common view that teaching is a sort of private craft. I disagree. I was not able to attend ResearchEd2013...
View ArticleWhat ETAG should say
The Education Technology Action Group, set up by the DfE and BIS and announced by Matt Hancock at BETT, has made a shaky start. This is what I think they should end up saying to Ministers. In my post...
View ArticleRescue ETAG—say no to FELTAG
The DfE should reject the FELTAG recommendations in order to ensure that all the same mistakes are not repeated by ETAG At the same time as the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group...
View ArticleIs Greenfield an alarmist?
The ed-tech community should listen carefully to concerns being raised about the effect on our children's development of excessive time spent online. Continue reading →
View ArticleHow edtech will revolutionize research
Why the only realistic way of improving the quality of educational research (and of education itself) is by the intelligent application of education technology I gave this talk at Research Ed 2015 on 5...
View ArticleA troubled relationship
For those of us who gather round the office coffee machine, the relationship between government Ministers and education technology is matter of intense interest. Is it really love – or just an awkward...
View ArticleEducation as an intrinsic good
Why many academics think that education is an intrinsic good and why they are wrong. Continue reading →
View ArticleAristotle’s phronesis misunderstood
When educationalists use the theory of phronesis to argue that teachers should determine educational purpose, they misrepresent Aristotle. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe rise and fall of criterion referencing
Why criterion referencing got itself a bad name and why this does not mean that it should be abandoned Continue reading →
View ArticlePedagogical romanticism
Why trusting to the intuition (aka “professional judgement”) of individual teachers is wrong but wromantic Continue reading →
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