The Myth of the “Naturally Clever” Student

Every school seems to have them. The student who never appears to revise but somehow walks into exams with the relaxed confidence of a person returning a library book. The one teachers quietly use as…

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The Science of Boredom

Walk into a room full of children and ask who likes science and you will usually get an enthusiastic reaction. Rockets. Volcanoes. Space. Dinosaurs. Fire. Magnets. Explosions disguised as “experiments”…

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Why Science Feels Hard (Even When It Isn’t)

A lot of people assume the problem with science is the content. Too many formulas… too many rules… too much to remember.

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The Exam Isn’t Testing What You Think It Is

Most people assume GCSE exams are testing knowledge. They are… but only partially. What they’re really testing is something else: How well a student can translate knowledge into the format the exam…

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What Teaching at Summerhill Taught Me

Walk into most classrooms and you’ll notice something almost immediately… a kind of invisible contract. Sit still. Pay attention. Follow along. Get it right. It’s a system that has worked well enough…

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