Education, policy, culture and politics. Ideally all at once. I write a monthly email about textbooks in the news and what's going on behind the headline.
Cambridge, UK
Joined December 2008
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Here's a new thing I'm doing in 2022: writing a monthly newsletter about school textbooks 📘📗📕
So, why on earth do I think school textbooks are interesting?
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@ommund @AndySmart2 @TokeStig @LewisBirchon @IndireSocial @steffensam @EdNapierPublish @vishaltalreja
🎺🎺🎺 Registration is open for the next IARTEM rendez-vous webinar on 12 February. (Note that this is separate from the upcoming international conference.) @subirshukla @GeorgEckert @EEPG_org @ommund. iartem.org/2024/01/29/iartem…
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🎺🎺🎺 Please join us tomorrow 2-4 p.m. CET for the latest @IARTEM1991 rendez-vous, with @LewisBirchon & 3 PhD candidates in textbook research: Juan Gabriel Santamaría Pérez, Juliette Fanjat, & Hubert Boët. @AymeCatherine @BoetHubert @ommund
Register at: iartem.org/2023/10/03/iartem…
Very much looking forward to this. Should be a good discussion!
🎺🎺🎺 Save the date for the next IARTEM rendez-vous! Registration link coming soon ... @LewisBirchon @AndySmart2 @ommund @AymeCatherine iartem.org/2023/10/03/iartem…
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Can Chat-GPT write a textbook? Yes.
Is that textbook entirely fine and appropriate for use in a classroom? Well, that's where things get interesting.
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4 of 5 stars to Why We Get the Wrong Politicians by Isabel Hardman goodreads.com/review/show/54…
Absolutely Textbook: You've got to fight for your right to copyright lewisbirchon.substack.com/p/…
4 of 5 stars to The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin goodreads.com/review/show/53…
3 of 5 stars to The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji goodreads.com/review/show/53…
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How might the role of editor shift for different contexts around the world? Our Head of Publishing Solutions @LewisBirchon shares his thoughts after a trip to Addis Ababa to work closely with our partners ELIXIR and the @fdremoe: cambridge.org/partnership/re… #publishing #education
