“Why what ‘works for me’ doesn’t always work” – a discussion of the problems of certainty, expertise, intuition and why practice doesn’t make perfect (David Didau (@learningspy, an educational consultant, author of ‘What if everything you know about Education is wrong?’, ‘The Secret of Literacy’ and ‘The Secret of the Perfect OFSTED English Lesson’)
As well as working as a freelance writer, speaker and trainer, David Didau is employed by Swindon Academy as an internal consultant advising on curriculum design, teaching and literacy.His blog, The Learning Spy, is one of the most influential education blogs in the UK and has won a number of awards. In addition to this he has also authored a number of books including ‘The Secret of Literacy’. His most recent book ‘What if everything you knew about education was wrong?’ explores the idea that much of what happens in schools is based on unexamined assumptions.
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