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AI: The End Of Civilisation?
When I was scribing for a student doing his GCSEs in the summer I pondered on the instrument that I was using. A ball-point pen – or biro as we...
AI: The End Of Civilisation?
When I was scribing for a student doing his GCSEs in the summer I pondered on the instrument that I was using. A ball-point pen – or biro as we...
Quantum Theory & Self Managed Learning - And Th...
I once heard a distinguished physicist describe Quantum Theory as a major problem because: It accounts for all the known facts. It makes no sense. His error was to attempt...
Quantum Theory & Self Managed Learning - And Th...
I once heard a distinguished physicist describe Quantum Theory as a major problem because: It accounts for all the known facts. It makes no sense. His error was to attempt...
You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
In conversation with a father he used the old expression: ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’. He was referring to his daughter, who is profoundly deaf. The daughter...
You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
In conversation with a father he used the old expression: ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’. He was referring to his daughter, who is profoundly deaf. The daughter...
Supposed Problems With Small Learning Communities
1. They Can't Be Scaled Up Some people in the educational establishment eventually recognise the overwhelming evidence that small learning communities or similar maybe can work. However, they claim the...
Supposed Problems With Small Learning Communities
1. They Can't Be Scaled Up Some people in the educational establishment eventually recognise the overwhelming evidence that small learning communities or similar maybe can work. However, they claim the...
If Children Are Free To Learn Whatever They Wan...
This is a common question when parents visit SML College. One basis for this assumption is that somehow schools provide a rich, broad, child-centred curriculum that prepares them well for...
If Children Are Free To Learn Whatever They Wan...
This is a common question when parents visit SML College. One basis for this assumption is that somehow schools provide a rich, broad, child-centred curriculum that prepares them well for...
Let's Scrap The Myth of Progress in Learning
I meet many parents of school-age children. Most seem to worry about the progress of their child. The pressure from Government and from schools tends to be to expect neat...
Let's Scrap The Myth of Progress in Learning
I meet many parents of school-age children. Most seem to worry about the progress of their child. The pressure from Government and from schools tends to be to expect neat...