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Archive for October, 2011

Zoltan, mechanical fortune teller

Barnum and Bunkum

Posted on October 9th, 2011 by Alun

I’ve been thinking over the Project Barnum debate, as seen on Jourdemayne‘s blog. It’s a good example of how two intelligent people sincerely trying to work out what is best can disagree. Following allegations against Sally Morgan, should psychic events be banned from theatres? Jourdemayne argues no and Michael Marshall says yes. I agree with [...]

Introduction to Monstering

Teaching Apples and Oranges

Posted on October 4th, 2011 by Alun

There’s an interesting story on the BBC News website: Teaching ‘better at school than university’ – survey When asked to compare teaching at school and university, less than one-in-five privately educated pupils favoured their university tutoring. Almost two-thirds declared that the teaching they had at school had been better. The results are not a surprise. [...]