Daisy Christodoulou

Daisy Christodoulou is the head of education research at the charity Ark. While studying at Warwick University, she appeared on University Challenge as the captain of the Warwick team, which won the in 2006-2007 series.[1] After leaving university, she wrote the book Seven Myths about Education which suggests that declarative knowledge such as facts is being neglected in modern education because of the priority given to procedural knowledge such as skills.[2]

Seven Myths about Education

The seven myths listed in her book are:[3]

  1. Facts prevent understanding
  2. Teacher-led instruction is passive
  3. The 21st century fundamentally changes everything
  4. You can always just look it up
  5. We should teach transferable skills
  6. Projects and activities are the best way to learn
  7. Teaching knowledge is indoctrination.

References

  1. ↑ Danielle Dwyer (15 April 2007), "Is Daisy Britain's brightest student?", Sunday Express
  2. ↑ Dominic Lawson (16 March 2014), "Seven Myths About Education by Daisy Christodoulou", Sunday Times
  3. ↑ Peter Wilby (25 November 2014), "'Britain’s brightest student’ taking aim at teaching’s sacred cows", The Guardian
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