Teacher training for lecturers must really be making progress to justify such a savage kicking from João Magueijo ("Dummies' guides to teaching insult our intelligence", 20 August). He accuses those of us involved in teacher training of dumbing down. Given that this was exactly the same criticism made of his recent work on TV, I can only assume that when it comes to dumbing down he knows what he is talking about.
Phil Long, Faculty of Education, Anglia Ruskin University.