Bloom’s Taxonomy is one way to think about the cognitive skills involved in Higher Education. This blog intends to flesh out a brief introduction to the theory for people who are new to it, balanced with some of the central criticisms against it.
Read MoreCognitive Load Theory is probably the dominant model of learning in Chemistry Education. This blog intends to flesh out a brief introduction to the theory for people who are new to it, with specific examples of how it has been used in context.
Read MoreConstructive Alignment is probably the central model of curriculum in Higher Education. This blog intends to flesh out a brief introduction to the theory for people who are new to it, with specific examples of how I’ve used it in context.
Read MoreA blog exploring the case for memorialising Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin in the Oxford Chemistry Department
Read MoreA short review of a recent book aimed at helping PhD students.
Read MoreI’ve thought a lot about how to teach Frost diagrams. This blog post is my attempt to share my reflections over the last 5-or-so years.
Read MoreReflections on how I’ve changed for teaching such a large volume of content in Inorganic Chemistry Tutorials
Read MoreI asked an AI to write an essay comparing the chemistry of oxygen and sulphur.
Read MoreWomen entering Oxford have a lower chance of leaving with a first than men do. This blog is an attempt to set this fact in its national and historical context. I’ll then reflect on the institutional response to the gap.
Read MoreReflections on how the treatment of cobalt in the undergraduate curriculum might be ‘decolonised’
Read MoreA review on David Willetts’ reflections on British HE, after his time as Universities Minister in the Coalition government which raised undergraduate fees to £9k/year.
Read MoreAn analysis of the language and logic in a recent Chemistry World article discussing Teaching and Research in the wake of the REF results.
Read MoreA short precis of an MChem thesis titled Investigating Gender Bias in Chemistry Tutorials
Read MoreA short precis of an MChem thesis titled Students' experiences of mental health and studying chemistry at Oxford
Read MoreA short precis of an MChem thesis titled Chemistry student enthusiasm: exploring student and teaching staff perspectives
Read MoreTransition metal chemistry could be taught more smoothly if it came after group theory. What kind of shuffling could we do to make this work?
Read MoreI bought a cube of tungsten this year to use in my teaching. How did that go?
Read MoreA brief analysis of completion rates in STEM degrees
Read MoreA brief discussion of how UKRI stipend levels are playing out as we enter a cost-of-living crisis, with some key sources of financial support for Oxford Chemistry students.
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