'Neotraditionalists' under attack?

If cognitive load theory is in your sights as a target then you probably need to do more than just agree with it

There has been a great deal of hype about a new book by Professor Guy Claxton. Part of the build-up was a talk Claxton gave to the World Education Summit that I tackled earlier and the list of endorsements for the book is long, illustrious and, well, interesting. John Hattie claims that, “As a practising cognitive scientist, Guy Claxton is perfectly equ…