I wanted to know how scientists and engineers learnt to read professional texts, so I asked some. 100 professional scientists…
One Scientist Reads A Science Text
In my writing, I claim that scientists read differently. When a scientist reads, it doesn’t look like an English lesson.…
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…
Talking Science
This blog is the first of three on talking, reading and writing in science. Students like to talk. Even in…
Teaching Reading Comprehension – Which Texts Work?
Grant Wiggins is writing a great book on reading as blogs (here): each new chapter arrives in my inbox as he…
Science For Parents
Following a twitter query about school science events for parents from @paulcoxon and @drlucyrogers, I thought I’d share a text I wrote…
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…
A Hippo Banquet
Adapting Writers More Read About than Read Mary Kingsley, the Victorian scientific explorer and writer, is the subject of many Key…
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.…
Finding Nonfiction Texts
I find it difficult to find the nonfiction text I want to use in class. I’m fussy, yes, but the…
Reading for Learning 