A heartfelt thanks to Dan Willingham for holding down the fort last week. His series of posts from his new book Why Students Don’t Like Schools resulted in record traffic for the Core Knowledge Blog, and some fascinating and meaty conversation. By writing about education from the perspective of cognitive science, rather than a personal, philosophical or political perspective, Dan has emerged as a unique, authoritative and potent voice in education and policy, and that was on vivid display last week. If you haven’t bought a copy of Dan’s book yet, do so. Last week’s blog posts were merely the tip of the iceberg.
Much catching up to do this week, and much to discuss. Including this.
Thank you, Robert, for hosting me. And thanks to everyone for some lively discussions.
The posts have been good, certainly, but the book is exceptional. I would have killed for something like this in my ed school courses. I’ve learned more about teaching and how kids learn than I did in most of my courses. At work I’ve been recommending the book to anyone who will listen. It’s a must-read for anyone who has anything to do with the education of children. “Thanks, Dan”, indeed.
I’ll say thanks to Dan, for really stimulating posts.