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Making Kids Cleverer

A Manifesto for Closing the Advantage Gap

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Making Kids Cleverer

By: David Didau
Narrated by: David Didau
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In this unabridged audiobook version of his acclaimed book, David Didau reignites the nature versus nurture debate around intelligence and offers research-informed guidance on how teachers can help their students acquire a robust store of knowledge and skills that is both powerful and useful.

David argues that with greater access to culturally accumulated information - taught explicitly within a knowledge-rich curriculum - children are more likely to become cleverer, think more critically and, subsequently, live happier, healthier, and more secure lives.

He underpins his discussion with an exploration of the evolutionary basis for learning - and also untangles the forms of practice teachers should be engaging their students in to ensure that they are acquiring expertise, not just consolidating mistakes and misconceptions.

This wide-ranging enquiry into psychology, sociology, philosophy, and cognitive science is suitable for teachers, school leaders, policy makers, and anyone involved in education.

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An enjoyable listen- I echo a previous listener who has commented favourably on David Didau’s engaging narration.
This books pulls together research from a wide range of respected authors, and David Didau shares research summaries and his perspective on research, provides his interpretations of the research and quite simply presents this across ten chapters that are judiciously organised to make it a highly accessible book.

Thoroughly useful

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This is a wise, well-researched and passionately argued book brilliantly narrated by the author himself. It will change how you think about education and pedagogy. I couldn't recommend this book more highly.

Utterly brilliant

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All teachers should read this over the course of a year and best done as a whole school over their inset days - I have been teaching for so long and learnt so much from this book that I have been able to implement - I’ve managed to listen to it twice and I think a third reading is overdue before term starts this September as there’s so
Much to take in - would be best done if you could discuss the matter with another teacher and that way you are more likely to put things into practice where possible.

Every teacher needs to read this

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Such an excellent overview and informed explanation of intelligence, what it means to be 'clever', and the ramifications for equity and education. Highly recommended!

Also, could someone at Audible PLEASE persuade the author David Didau to get into narrating. He is up there with the professional actors who narrate and is much better than most. I'd love to hear what he could do with some fiction.

Absolutely SUPERB

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This is a lovely, well researched book that mixes anecdotes with evidence based suggestions. It also is well-intentioned and optimistic. Though it won’t hugely alter my practice and there are some passages I don’t subscribe to, it is nice to believe that we teachers are now doing the right things!

Cormac

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