A weekly collection of education-related news from around the web.

On The Theory, Practice, And The Future Of The Science Of Learning

“One thing that unites these varied researchers is a dedication to developing abstracted, idealised, value-free models of learning. What predictable patterns does memory follow? What function does attention play in perception? How does motivation influence social engagement?”

A Case For Improvement Cycles, And The Limited Role Of Research In Teaching

“Classrooms are just too complicated for research ever to tell teachers what to do. Teachers need to know about research, to be sure, so that they can make smarter decisions about where to invest their time, but teachers, and school leaders need to become critical consumers of research – using research evidence where it is […]

Issues

Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.

Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.

Peter Nilsson

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