Making Kids Cleverer Av David Didau

<p> Foreword by Paul A. Kirschner.</p><p> Given the choice, who wouldn''t want to be cleverer? What teacher wouldn''t want this for their students, and what parent wouldn''t wish it for their children?</p><p> When David started researching this book, he thought the answers to the above were obvious. But it turns out that the very idea of measuring and increasing children''s intelligence makes many people extremely uncomfortable: If some people were more intelligent, where would that leave those of us who weren''t?</p><p> The question of whether or not we can get cleverer is a crucial one. If you believe that intelligence is hereditary and environmental effects are trivial, you may be sceptical. But environment does matter, and it matters most for children from the most socially disadvantaged backgrounds those who not only have the most to gain, but who are also the ones <i>most likely </i>to gain from our efforts to make all kids cleverer. And one thing we can be fairly sure will raise

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