essayPhilosophy of mind
Suffused with causality
Humans have a superpower that makes us uniquely capable of controlling the world: our ability to understand cause and effect
Mariel Goddu
videoChildhood and adolescence
The police camp where tween girls enter a sisterhood of law and order
28 minutes
videoEducation
Scenes from a school year paint a refreshingly nuanced portrait of rural America
25 minutes
videoSubcultures
Drop into London’s eclectic skate scene, where newbies and old-timers find community
5 minutes
videoCognition and intelligence
What’s this buzz about bees having culture? Inside a groundbreaking experiment
8 minutes
essayStories and literature
The best stories smell
When scents are used to intensify a narrative, they heighten young readers’ emotions and enrich their memory banks
Natalia Kucirkova
essayCognition and intelligence
Are you an artistic genius?
Maybe not, but if that’s the threshold you use for creativity in your life, you are coming at the problem all wrong
James C Kaufman
essayTeaching and learning
Learning styles don’t exist
A teaching approach that is based on students’ preferences sounds laudable. But this misunderstands how learning happens
Carl Hendrick
essayPhilosophy of mind
Philosophy’s blindspot
Education has long been ignored by contemporary philosophers. That is a myopic view that must change
David Bakhurst
videoTeaching and learning
The vulva dialogues – inside a sex-ed class that rebels against genitalia shame
11 minutes
videoSex and sexuality
What does the Dutch model of comprehensive, ‘shame-free’ sex-ed look like?
9 minutes
videoTeaching and learning
The charity that teaches underprivileged kids to humanely hunt their next meal
10 minutes
essayKnowledge
Philosophy with children
Kids don’t just say ‘the darndest things’. Playful and probing, they can be closer to the grain of life’s deepest questions
Jana Mohr Lone
essayThinkers and theories
With charisma to spare
Franz Brentano, philosopher and psychologist, was an iconic teacher eclipsed by his students, Freud and Husserl among them
John A Goldsmith
videoTeaching and learning
A retired teacher embarks on a mission to find out what became of a beloved student
16 minutes
essayEducation
Education, unchained
Rousseau’s child-centred ideals are now commonplace but his truly radical vision of educational freedom still eludes us
James Brooke-Smith
videoNeuroscience
Parents have long suspected Pokémon rewires kids’ brains. Now there’s evidence
7 minutes
essayFamily life
Kid culture
In most cultures, kids tag along with grownups or mooch with friends but American life is heavy with ‘kid-friendly’ artifice
Sarah Menkedick
ideaTeaching and learning
I was homeschooled for eight years: here’s what I recommend
Mordechai Levy-Eichel
ideaCognition and intelligence
Talent, you’re born with. Creativity, you can grow yourself
Jyoti Mishra
videoTeaching and learning
It’s great to learn music as a child – except when it’s no fun at all
10 minutes
videoTeaching and learning
The school where children make the rules and learn what they want to learn
28 minutes
videoAnimals and humans
A gentle stroll through an owl sanctuary might just restore your faith in humanity
28 minutes
ideaMood and emotion
Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing material
Christian Jarrett