Dr Heather Earnshaw H.Earnshaw@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
We should stop advising students to choose subjects they’re good at
Earnshaw, Heather
Authors
Abstract
We should stop advising young people to do what they’re good at when they are making subject choices at school.
It sounds like such sensible, non-controversial advice, doesn’t it? What could possibly be wrong? Plenty.
Citation
Earnshaw, H. (2017). We should stop advising students to choose subjects they’re good at. [Blog post]. IOP Blog
| Digital Artefact Type | Blog Post |
|---|---|
| Online Publication Date | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Publication Date | 2017 |
| Deposit Date | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3831130 |
| External URL | http://www.iopblog.org/we-should-stop-advising-students-to-choose-subjects-theyre-good-at/ |
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