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The economics of effort: why we don't like thinking hard
How recent research debunks the myth of mental depletion, and what teachers can do to make effort feel worth the price.
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Monthly round-up #4
15th June - 13th July 2025
Jul 15
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Is there an "engagement crisis" in schools?
Why chasing 'fun' and 'relevance' could kill learning
Jul 13
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Why good people get poor results: the systems that sabotage our best intentions
And the psychology behind our obsession with individuals
Jul 12
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Cognitive load, conceptual fog: when ideology masquerades as evidence
Alfie Kohn’s critique of explicit instruction and Cognitive Load Theory reveals more about his educational philosophy than about how learning actually…
Jul 10
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Not everything that hurts is trauma
Jun 28
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The cost of borrowed thought: a response to 'Your Brain on ChatGPT'
Jun 22
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Serious reading: how to read with attention and insight
Apr 26
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You are what you know
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In defence of Cognitive Load Theory
Alfie Kohn misreads both the science and the spirit of Cognitive Load Theory: what he sees as dogma is, in fact, a model of intellectual humility and…
Jul 7
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Stop misjudging people: the hard truth about how bias works
How the Fundamental Attribution Error makes fools of us all
Jul 6
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Stop misjudging people: the hard truth about how bias works
How the Fundamental Attribution Error makes fools of us all
Jul 5
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The real barriers to engagement: why schools must rethink leadership, not curriculum
Why blaming the curriculum misses the point and what leaders can do to make teaching both rigorous *and* engaging
Jul 4
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The real barriers to engagement: why schools must rethink leadership, not curriculum
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Breathing exercises won’t fix a broken system
The uncomfortable truth about schools, mental health, and the illusion of wellbeing
Jul 3
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Careless people: how schools become places no one wants to work in
How intelligent accountability offers a solution to our squandered talent and broken systems
Jun 30
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Not everything that hurts is trauma
And not everything that feels good is learning
Jun 28
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