One has the impression that the main role of the university these days is to maximise profit, while that of the majority of teaching staff is to ensure the ‘correct’ views are passed on to students. All the while, students’ main concern seems to be to seek protection from anything that might make them feel unsafe.
Read MoreIs a 2014 book on managing the computing provision in a school still worth buying?
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Although this book is over 60 years old, it is remarkably apposite for our times -- and especially in the fields of educational research and assessing pupils' understanding and progress.
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It was a great source of pride to me, getting hundreds of students through their A levels and encouraging them to go to university. But for some time I have asked myself a question: would I recommend this route now?
Read MoreAt first glance, you might take this to be one of those books full of affirmations and anecdotes designed to lift your mood.
Read MoreMy review of this for Teach Secondary magazine has just come out. Here is the published version, followed by the copy I submitted, which is slightly longer because it has a little more detail.
Read MoreMy review of this for Teach Secondary magazine has just come out. Here is the published version, followed by the copy I submitted, which is slightly longer because it is a little more detailed.
Read MoreMy review of this for Teach Secondary magazine has just come out. Here is the published version, followed by the copy I submitted, which is slightly longer because it has a little more detail.
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A Town Without Time
This is a great boook, full of interesting and wonderfully-written stories, and the publisher has made a copy available to win as a prize.
Read MoreThe music programme of study requires students to possess an understanding of the music they perform and that which they listen to, as well as a grasp of music history, and an appreciation of different musical styles.
Read MoreThe Computing department would find the section on facial recognition interesting, because apart from possible ethical concerns, the fact is that even if the system has high accuracy, most of its identifications will be wrong.
Read MoreI was intrigued to discover that a popular news magazine of the sixties had been anticipated by Defoe.
Read MoreThere are some good ideas here, especially for prompts.
Read MoreNearly a hundred years after the Nazi phenomenon people are still asking the question: how could apparently ordinary or, in some cases, highly cultured, people commit such terrible crimes.
Read MoreThis pdf contains the reviews of mine that were published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024.
Read MoreIt's rather disconcerting when one considers that buildings like The Shard are essentially held together by nuts, bolts and washers.
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Like, I suspect, many people, I have never knowingly come across an isosceles triangle in my life, and wouldn’t know what to do with it if I did. However...
Read MoreBefore you rush off on the grounds that this book has nothing to do with Computing, let me reassure you that it does.
Read MoreThe original work on which this volume is based has perhaps been honoured more in the breach than in the observance.
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This book won’t necessarily help a student pass a computing exam, but it will almost certainly make them a more aware, and thus better, programmer.
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