Junaid Mubeen·Jun 13, 2021Be the player, not the played: Advice for novice learnersWhat chess really teaches us about the path to mastery
Junaid Mubeen·May 30, 2021Stuck on a problem? Look beneath the surface — you may have already solved it
Junaid Mubeen·May 14, 2021Can you fool a mathematician?What magic(ians) and math(ematician)s have in commonA response icon2A response icon2
Junaid Mubeen·Jan 6, 2021Educational television is back. That’s not cause for celebration.The BBC has announced it is “to deliver the biggest education offer in its history”, featuring hours of daily content for primary and…
Junaid Mubeen·Aug 15, 2020A plea to Oxbridge colleges to honour their offers…from someone who would have missed outMy most cherished correspondence dates back to December 23, 2002: an offer letter from St Anne’s College, Oxford, to pursue a degree in…
Junaid Mubeen·Jul 29, 2018No, learning mathematics is not the same as playing FIFAWhat an EdTech CEO ignores about learning and teachingA response icon1A response icon1
InQ.E.D.byJunaid Mubeen·Jul 1, 2018The problem with real-world problem solvingMathematical thinking spans multiple worldsA response icon9A response icon9
InQ.E.D.byJunaid Mubeen·May 28, 2018“When will I ever need Pythagoras?” — an honest responseIt is so much more than a formulaA response icon22A response icon22
Junaid Mubeen·May 13, 2018No, Google Duplex Hasn’t Passed the Turing TestWe’ve just relaxed our human ambitionA response icon10A response icon10
InQ.E.D.byJunaid Mubeen·Apr 29, 2018The beauty of mathematics is not obvious…but we can make it soWhere Paul Erdös got it wrongA response icon11A response icon11