I wanted to know how scientists and engineers learnt to read professional texts, so I asked some. 100 professional scientists … More
Category: teaching
High-quality textbooks won’t work without high-quality textbook reading.
Last Thursday (11th June), Nick Gibb delivered a speech titled the social justice case for an academic curriculum. As a … More
Of The Cells and Pores of Frothy Bodies
Science is a practical subject. It is also a literary subject. Reading science texts is important. It is the key … More
Writing to Learn (not Learning to Write)
Writing is a process of deep thinking. It slows and clarifies thought: paragraph by paragraph; sentence by sentence; word by word. … More
Let Me Be The Judge Of That
Why wait to be told you need to change your practice, when you can do it yourself? For generations of teachers, the three … More
Reading for Learning 