Forget The Rosemary Oil
johndabell In 2017 some research was published that said exposing children to the aroma of rosemary essential oil significantly enhanced their working memory. This caused the Daily Mail to explode and…
November 2019
Supersizing Primary Schools
What’s the physical state of our primary children these days?
Being More ‘Heather Small’
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
See One, Do One, Teach One
Should teaching follow a medical model?
Do You Have A Seagull Manager?
Not everyone in a senior position within a school has good interpersonal skills. This always baffles me as to how they actually get there in the first place but they…
16 Habits Of Mind
How children think matters and without particular dispositions or habits of mind, learning can be lumpy and bumpy. But these need to be taught and shared. According to Costa and…
Mathematical Habits Of Mind
What habits of mind do teachers and students of maths need?
How Do I Apply This To My Classroom?
You might attend a course and hear about a great idea but the core problem is how to apply it to your classroom. This involves some editing, refining and discarding…
The Tu Quoque Fallacy
I think we are all guilty as charged in relation to this logical fallacy.
A Strawman
Twitter is full of people having squabbles with each other and accusing others of using a straw man argument, but what does this mean?