The war on rote learning just doesn’t add up

Opinion: Can you teach skills without facts? For students to apply their skills to knowledge outside their experience, we have to teach that knowledge and encourage problem-solving ability based on facts





YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...

The Irish Times ePaper

Common Ground

How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands

Stardust

Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people