Difference Maker

Difference Maker reveals how to teach biology with students rather than merely teach to them. Without slides or worksheets, it shows how to provoke understanding through diagrams and dialogue – bringing forth a distinct teaching approach.

  • Detailed examples of real lessons.
  • A theory-informed how-to guide for planning explanations.
  • A theory-informed how-to guide for co-constructing stock and flow diagrams.
  • A new model of curricular content: metacontent.

A way of seeing and being. Rather than a training manual with activities to follow, this book provides teachers with a new conception of teaching, learning, and acting together in the classroom. The novel insights of Difference Maker will inevitably change your perception.

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  • Compelling argument

    “Rarely have I been so convinced by the power of a new theoretical underpinning for a pedagogical technique such as the one presented here.”
    School Science Review
    Issue 393

  • Real “powerful knowledge”

    I liked this book immensely … Moore-Anderson pushes students to actually think and see how biological concepts fit together in ways that matter … His approach might actually heal [education’s] problems. Kids get interested when they have a voice and a hand in learning. Learning becomes efficient when knowledge forms a connected map, rather than a series of isolated mountains to conquer.
    Maria Karrol
    Amazon Review

  • Thought provoking

    Difference maker was an extremely thought provoking book that has really turned teaching on it’s head. I am so convinced by his pedagogy and hope in time his work will be recognised at the forefront of education
    Hannah Nathan
    Biology Teacher, Amazon Review