Science Fictions by Stuart Ritchie

This book kept popping up on my timeline and appealed to me immediately. It was a thorough review of the problems undermining scientific progress in the world (and the proliferation of bad science). It contained a detailed criticism of the aspects of the scientific system that lead to poor science- things like the financial motivations

Great Teaching Toolkit Evidence Review

This is an excellent report (rather than a book). It tries to pull together the best in the educational research out there. It pulls its suggestions for effective teaching together in four dimensions including about seventeen elements. It had clear overlaps with the Sherrington Rosenshine’s summary. In that it identifies some ‘best suggestions’. What excited

How We Learn by Stanislas Dehaene

This popped up on my Twitter feed recommended by Dylan Wiliam with comments of agreement by David Didau and Carl Hendrick – easy purchase made. It was written by one of Europe’s leading neuroscientists who has spent thirty years looking at brain development. It was a fascinating read – it started with the neuroscience and

How Learning Happens by Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick

This was a book I was very excited about. The back page has glowing commendations from Willingham, Wiliam and Sherrington. Hard to argue with that. It is beautiful looking with a clear structure and some lovely illustrations by Caviglioli. It contains 28 reviews of key research papers. For each it gives background, an abstract, a