Teachers often don’t pay enough attention to the science of teaching. I know this because I used to be one of these teachers.
As a journalist, I frequently write about science and health, and am fascinated by the cutting edge of human knowledge. However, for the first half-decade or so of my teaching career as an adjunct professor, that interest did not extend to the science of teaching. I wasn’t against using evidence-based strategies in the classroom, those approaches just weren’t on my radar.
