Dr. Edward R. Falshaw FRSA

I defy anyone to read this and not want to go and see a test right now!! We need test cricket to live and breathe forever... In a time when society wants things quick, fast, instant, the test match stands as a beacon... Thank you @timwig #cricket #test

"Collect books, even if you don't plan to read them immediately. Nothing is more important than a library of unread books." - John Waters-

"If you cannot read all your books, fondle them—peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them, at any rate, be your acquaintances." - Winston Churchill

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: “It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones. “There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. “If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice! “Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

David Foster Wallace on why people struggle to read books: (this was filmed in 2003 but is even more true today)

"The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity." A. Edward Newton

@DavidDidau Follow the ABC of engagement and you will not go far wrong, and avoids the superficial surface engagement that some see as a positive. The work of Frederick et al 2004 is instructive here....

Easy things are easy. Hard things are hard. It’s easy to excite a roomful of kids. It’s much harder to build calm, order and the habit of hard work. Too often, schools mistake visible engagement for learning. If we want classrooms where serious work is normal, teachers need support to do what is hard. open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau…

"There are books that one reads over and over again, books that become part of the furniture of one's mind and alter one's whole attitude to life..." - Orwell George Orwell, a shelfie. 📚📚📚📖

“Be a lifelong student, read as many books as possible.” - Nelson Mandela

The best thing about books is that there is no comments section. No one is telling you what to think. It’s only you and the book

“The greatest university of all is a collection of books." ~Thomas Carlyle

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: "It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones. There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice! Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."

Textbooks will always beat screens - a sobering article by Sophie Winkleman and David James... spectator.com/article/textbo…

"Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world." Jeanette Winterson

@rodjnaquin Brilliant book, summary here: itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-su…

@New_Old_Paul Great book... Interesting first chapter on engagement which can easily be an illusion. The trick (!) is to ensure the cognitive dimension of engagement is present. My dissertation focused on my ABC model of engagement may also prove useful in unmasking this illusion

Instructional Illusions Teaching shouldn’t be judged by how convincing it appears in the moment. It should be judged by what students still know, understand, and can do later. open.substack.com/pub/paulkirsch…

This is great. CS Lewis gives Writing advice in 1959.

In Japanese, “tsundoku” means collecting books and letting them pile up - not for neglect, but for the joy of knowing they're there, full of untold stories. — Kinokuniya Book Store, Tokyo

@BruceDMaiden I think I'm with you Bruce.... It's a classic... #IronMaiden.

The Number of the Beast—Iron Maiden’s masterpiece. What’s your favorite track on this album? Mine’s 'Hallowed Be Thy Name. #IronMaiden, #NumberOfTheBeast, #HeavyMetal, #ClassicRock, #EddieTheHead, #RockLegends, #MusicMonday

A chapter a day keeps the doctor away!!! Books are more advantageous for survival than newspapers/magazines.... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…