The record
Revision log
Briefs are revised in place rather than replaced by newer articles, which means a reader who acted on an earlier version needs a way to see what moved. This is it.
Current as of
25 August 2026
| Page | What changed |
|---|---|
| Old catalogue links | Seventy-odd former book addresses now resolve to the brief that treats their subject instead of to the provenance page. Where a book’s own title named the subject, the title decides — previously the name of the series it appeared in could override it. |
| Addresses that are gone | An address this domain removed on purpose now returns a page explaining that, with the briefs listed, instead of a bare server error. |
24 August 2026
| Page | What changed |
|---|---|
| Every brief and hub | Each page now opens with a figure of its own argument, and the works-referred-to lists drop the archival notes that had been attached to four citations. The citations themselves are unchanged. |
| What this domain used to hold | Corrects the answer given for old addresses that return an error. They were described as never having been part of this domain, which is not true: the domain carried other material between the catalogue and this site. The answer now says that those pages are gone rather than that they never existed. |
| How a brief is written | States what the site covers in place of a list of what it is not, and gives an address for corrections. |
18 August 2026
| Page | What changed |
|---|---|
| All six briefs | First publication. |
| Learning theories | States the four families as four different questions rather than four rival answers, and separates constructivism as an epistemology from discovery learning as a method. |
| Adult education | Assesses the six andragogical assumptions individually rather than as a block; assumption 6 is recorded as a value commitment rather than a finding. |
| Dissertation writing | Organised around four structural failure modes with an early test for each, rather than around chapter templates. |
What gets logged
Changes to an argument, a verdict, or a statement of confidence. Corrections of fact, with the correction stated rather than silently applied. Sections added or removed. What is not logged: typography, wording that does not change a claim, and build changes that leave the text identical.
What is deliberately absent
This log begins at first publication. It is not back-filled with invented earlier revisions to suggest a longer history than the site has: the domain is old, this site is not, and the two facts are kept separate. What the domain held before is described on the provenance page.