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The term 'learning doctor' refers to a teacher accepting that learners will not always understand teaching as intended, but using diagnostic assessment techniques to diagnose and address where teaching-learning goes wrong.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.