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”…

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…

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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