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Peter Cochrane: Don't try to understand - just remember it

Peter Cochrane slams the British education system for failing to teach children understanding and problem solving

The opening sequence to the classic BBC TV children's drama Grange Hill

Peter Cochrane
17 October 2017

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For decades I have been asking audiences everywhere: Did you do logarithms at school? Nearly every hand goes up. Then I ask: do you know why? Almost no hands go up. My next question is: Can anyone...