The AI industry is courting the humanities — but it is asking the wrong questions

A unit in London’s Wandsworth prison has been transformed using methods from Sweden and Norway that prioritise rehabilitation over retribution

“One keeps forgetting to go right down to the foundations. One doesn’t put the question marks deep enough down.”–Wittgenstein, Culture and Value

Yvette Cooper’s maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when they’re at their most vulnerable, says journalist and author Natalie Morris

The idea that ‘learning is invisible’ is a lazy and sloppy dogma which we should probably reject.

To understand the experience of life, don’t look to the mind. Look to the body

The knowledge-understanding problem is perennially debated. Many sense a difference and argue that we should ensure students learn knowledge and understand it.

The knowledge-understanding problem is perennially debated. Many sense a difference and argue that we should ensure students learn knowledge and understand it.

My 7 year old son recently wanted to learn how to play ‘Peaches’ (a song by Jack Black from the Super Mario Bros film).

A leader with experience in the UK, China and now Nigeria reflects on why leaders have to be flexible over the different ways communities host and engage with parent-focused school events

A decade of working in alternative provision led this teacher to question the usefulness of labels and the benefits of having his autistic son diagnosed

the paradox of underdetermination

1. There was an interesting article in the Athletic recently about how Michigan Basketball coach, Dusty May, had been learning from Doug Lemov.

1. There was an interesting article in the Athletic recently about how Michigan Basketball coach, Dusty May, had been learning from Doug Lemov.

The idea that ‘learning is invisible’ is a lazy and sloppy dogma which we should probably reject.

The idea that ‘learning is invisible’ is a lazy and sloppy dogma which we should probably reject.

I’ve attended a couple of training sessions as a teacher in which the trainer would ask “check for listening” questions. They’d tell us things and then ask a qu

Recently, a claim has emerged: if leaders are frustrated with teaching outcomes, the fault isn't the teacher, but the specific techniques (like turn and talk) t

How ‘efficiency’ derailed education

How ‘efficiency’ derailed education

The autism spectrum has widened to the point of collapse, affecting how teachers should support autistic pupils in the classroom, researcher Uta Frith tells Helen Amass

Those who know me, might well laugh at the idea that I might try to write something about ‘a good life’.

Those who know me, might well laugh at the idea that I might try to write something about ‘a good life’.

A philosophical look at political and educational issues. Click to read Bernard’s Substack, by Bernard Andrews, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

(This post is written in response to Adam Wray who argued here that Predictive Processing could explain the difficulties with Engelmann’s theories of instruction.)

On Kant's legacy in the learning sciences

(This post is written in response to Adam Wray who argued here that Predictive Processing could explain the difficulties with Engelmann’s theories of instruction.)