Disrupted History

HISTORY ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE

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  • Beyond Memory: Towards a Richer Definition of Learning in the Age of AI

    Artificial intelligence is forcing educators to revisit some very old questions. Questions like: What is learning? What is knowledge? What is the purpose of education? At first glance, these might appear to be abstract philosophical questions. Some might even seem beyond debate. Yet they increasingly sit at the centre of contemporary conversations about teaching, assessment,… Read more

  • A little monster explained: What is the ADAMANT-RUP?

    I work with a little monster in my classroom called the ADAMANT RUP. You many know their older sibling, ADAMANT. This little monster is a classroom mnemonic that helps students enter a source with discernment and discipline (not as a box-ticking checklist). This is a quick explainer of my thinking. Because acronyms are a bit… Read more

  • A Tale of Two Monsters: Thinking First in an AI Age

    As a history teacher, I have a confession to make. I work with quite a few little monsters! To be very clear, I’m not talking about students – or even teachers – here. I’m talking about a quirky set of characters that probably came to me in some sort of pedagogical fever dream! Regardless of… Read more

  • Reimagining Our Role? Teaching with AI in your classroom…

    One finding of the recent SCALE Initiative at Stanford University report in AI in K12 education was that “most discussions about AI in education focus on new tools, predictions about the future, or opinions about what schools should do next”. Further they found most studies look at ❌ “short-term outcomes rather than long-term learning” and… Read more

  • Beware The Illusion of Mastery

    A teacher’s review of Lodge & Loble on AI, cognitive offloading, and what we must protect in learning Over the past few years, there’s been a dramatic shift taking hold in classrooms. It’s not just that students can now “get help” faster via AI. It’s that help can arrive as a fully formed performance: fluent,… Read more

  • Beyond the Factory Floor: Reimagining Classrooms as Shared Workshops in an AI Age

    Neat rows. Evenly spaced. Silence. A singular way of working. The teacher’s desk as a command post. One size fits all. For more than a century, the default classroom has looked like a small factory floor – built for mass-production, efficiency, supervision, and standardised output. When I started teaching in the 1980s, I discovered something… Read more

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