practice

The Ode Less Practiced – Ericsson and Charness, 1994 / Fry, 2005

by podblack on March 12, 2009

After reading over the work of Digital Cuttlefish, poet laureate of the Scientific Blogohedron, and a comment they made, long ago, I began pondering to what extent is it true that one MUST practice in order to write good poetry. Since that time, I’ve sent two friends copies of Stephen Fry’s guide to poetry – [...]

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Translucent Science – Clearing Up Educational Claims

by podblack on May 25, 2008

Brand new site! Great collaborators willing to point you in the direction of research and links! Welcome to Translucent Science: Specialist blogs can be fascinating but most of them have a very small reach when compared to mainstream media. When bloggers highlight mistakes or poor coverage of an issue, few people know about it. Translucent [...]

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‘Why Can’t A Teacher Be More Like A Scientist?’

by podblack on May 23, 2008

Appears that DORE is getting a little more attention in the Australasian Journal Of Special Education? Big thanks to Brainduck who brought it to my attention! Within seconds I was leaping over university firewalls and downloading the pdf to give it a good look. But it wasn’t just one article, but two! Although I’ve always [...]

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