In Praise of the Essay
19th January 2026
(Essais, de Montaigne, 1595) The essay is a unique way of approaching education. It can be part science in that it means 'to test' or 'to experiment'. Conversely, it can be part art in that in...
Read MorePolymathy Lost: On the politics of...
21st July 2025
(Melencolia I, Albrecht Dürer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) What is to be done except learn all we can about everything we can? Education is a force of civilisation. Through it we have...
Read MorePhronesis and Virtue: Reflections from...
13th May 2025
An allegory of wisdom, attributed to Giovanni Domenico Cerrini (1609–1681) Phronesis and Virtue: Reflections from Gdańsk I am a full-time maths teacher at an inner-city comprehensive school in...
Read MoreThe Educational Dimension of Acts of...
11th February 2025
Book cover for Wrońska & Stern (eds.) (2024). Taken from the Routledge catalogue. Routledge, 2024. ISBN: 9781032471693, Hbk. ISBN: 9781003386100, eBook. RRP: £145.00 / £39.99,...
Read MorePromoting Wellbeing: A word of caution
3rd February 2025
The promotion of wellbeing in schools had become popular in the last decade or so. Indeed, there has been some searching philosophical work written on the subject. Along with self-esteem and...
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