Recently, I have written about the importance of frequent problem solving for physics students. Thomas Kuhn, the philosopher of science, wrote…

The more abstract a concept is, the less useful learners find definitions or explanations. There is no lightbulb moment. Rather, our…

In my last flurry of blogs (here, here and here), I wrote about the limits of definitions for learning .…

Current is a nice simple word; it means the rate of flow of charge. So you need to explain rate…

Yesterday I wrote about electric charge and its confusing meanings (here). I had intended to write about voltage and current…

My heart has never been in definitions. It was set against them in Africa 20 years ago, when I was…

If you haven’t heard of comparative judgement (CJ), it is the latest fashionable way for judging the quality of student…

We’ve been thinking about knowledge and reading a lot recently. Christine Counsell has given the leaders of my trust reading…

Reading comprehension is about knowledge. It is about vocabulary and ideas. Primary schools, including ours, invest considerable curriculum time on…