Prefrontal Cortex
2012-11-18 – I just finished reading two books about the prefrontal cortext. One is How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough. The other […]
Tag Archives: Education
If at First You Don’t Succeed
2012-10-24 – We’ve gotten so used to muddled thinking about education that we cheer yay when we read something that really deserves a doh. This week I got hold of […]
The More Things Change
2012-10-15 – Don’t read this book: The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman, because everything in it that is true today will […]
My New Job in Education
2012-09-08 – Relax! No children are involved, only consenting adults. I’ve been in education for a long time, but it’s been a peculiar kind of regulated education: continuing education, where […]
The Start of School
2012-08-31 – Had an interesting conversation with my train buddy yesterday. He takes a dim view of the teachers union and so do I. But our reasons are completely different. […]
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