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Teaching Philosophy in Primary Schools
A misleading randomised trial Last week’s press was full of the news that teaching philosophy to primary school kids helped with their maths and reading. The BBC led with, “Philosophy sessions ‘boost...
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The P4C trial security rating Last week I criticised a trial, which the authors claimed had shown that a programme of philosophy teaching (P4C) in primary schools improved pupils literacy and maths...
View ArticleThe Embedding Formative Assessment (EFA) trial
Quality randomised education trials are possible, but they deserve better reporting Embedding formative assessment in schools “probably” raises GCSE scores, but only by a little bit Good teachers...
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