The selfless Teacher
24th March 2023
It was alarming, recently, when attending a conference, to hear, once again, a narrative concerning teachers needing to be ‘courageous’ and ‘selfless role-models’ for others. Language that,...
Read MoreBook Review: Myra Barrs, Vygotsky the...
23rd December 2022
Paperback: £19.99, pp256 ISBN 9780367195410 By Kyrill Potapov University College London, UCL Interaction Centre This review is also available to download as a PDF here Vygotsky...
Read MoreThinking or thinking well? An antidote...
3rd October 2022
This post is available to download as a PDF here, and is available as an audiofile below: *** Most of us inhabit the world of routines, daily activities filling pockets of time...
Read MoreA School for Thought II: Thinking &...
30th May 2022
This post is available to download as a PDF here, and is available as an audiofile below: In a previous post I worried about the lack of real thinking in our schools. A couple of weeks...
Read MoreWhat is the meaning of education in a...
16th May 2022
This post is available to download as a PDF here, and as an audiofile below: As pandemic restrictions are lifted in England and schools and work life begin to return to more of a...
Read MorePhilosophy as Dialogue & as Gift:...
5th March 2022
This post is available to download as a PDF here. This post was written collaboratively by Oli Belas, John White, & the students who took the “Introduction to Educational Philosophy”...
Read MoreThoughtwashing: A Modern Curse?
26th January 2022
This post is available to download as a PDF here, and as an audiofile below: Within philosophy classrooms in universities there is a practice which we have termed ‘thoughtwashing’. We...
Read MoreA School for Thought
10th January 2022
This post is available for download as a PDF here, and as an audio recording below: I’ve been lucky enough to persuade my school’s senior management to let me set up something called,...
Read MoreExam Results, Fairness, & Trust: A...
14th May 2021
This post is available as a PDF here, and as an audio recording below: *** This is the fourth post in a PESGB Blog series focussed on educational assessment and the UK...
Read MoreExam Results, Fairness, & Trust: A...
21st April 2021
This post is available as a PDF here, and as an audiofile below: *** This is the third post in a PESGB Blog series focussed on educational assessment and the UK...
Read MoreThe Government’s Creeping...
22nd March 2021
The Conservative Government defends its Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill as a “sensible package of measures,” justly tough on the worst violent offenders – especially those who commit...
Read MoreShould We be Worried about the...
3rd February 2021
A recent observation piece by Luke Sibieta of the IFS sets out to assess the potential economic harm of the recent restrictions to face-to-face teaching. Sibieta argues that the perceived...
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