Category: nature/nurture
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#T03 Beware the “either or” of binary thinking
Learning to understand the world From our earliest days, we try to make sense of the world by dividing it up into categories: me/not me, safe/not safe/, dog/mum and so on. These are called “binary” categories, because everything has to fit into one of the two choices. “Would you like tea or coffee?” forces you…
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About this blog
This is the blog of Neil Ingram and reflects a variety of my interests over the years. As a biology teacher, university academic, examiner and author. I have been deeply interested in the use of IT in schools when Windows 3.0 came out in May 1990. About ten years ago, I was invited to be…