NEXT QUESTION?
Books by Alex J. Housse

A different way
to look at
learning.

For adults helping children learn. Notice what is really stuck—and decide what to try next.

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BETWEEN — A practical framework for parents, by Alex J. Housse
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The collection

Find your next question.

Six books: practical guides to learning and teaching, alongside stories about curiosity and family life.

BETWEEN coverTHE WIDER FRAMEWORK

BETWEEN

The Small Changes That Shape How Children Learn—and Who They Become

A practical framework for choosing a useful next step in a child’s learning.

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I Don’t Know. Let’s Find Out. coverLEARN ALONGSIDE YOUR CHILD

I Don’t Know. Let’s Find Out.

How Parents Can Use AI to Understand What a Child Needs Before Creating More Work

Use AI to investigate a learning difficulty, check explanations and choose one useful change before making more work.

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When Your Child Is Stuck coverA MANAGEABLE NEXT STEP

When Your Child Is Stuck

Short stories about what gets in the way of learning

Recognisable situations, possible bottlenecks and manageable changes to test.

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BUT — What Does It Mean to Teach? coverTHE TEACHING QUESTION

BUT — What Does It Mean to Teach?

The judgement beneath the lesson

A closer look at what we mean when we say we teach, learn or succeed.

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Probably This Is About… coverCURIOSITY THROUGH STORIES

Probably This Is About…

Things That Won’t Fit Into Little Boxes

Forty-five family stories where ordinary questions take unexpected turns.

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The Domestic Mind After the Scoreboard coverLIFE BEYOND THE OLD MEASURES

The Domestic Mind After the Scoreboard

Stories and essays about capable adults colliding with family life

Darkly comic stories and essays about work, parenthood and the old measures of success.

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A place to begin

Which book is for you?

A child is stuck today

Start with When Your Child Is Stuck for familiar situations and one manageable change to test.

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You want the wider framework

BETWEEN connects the next learning decision with the person a child is becoming.

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You want to use AI thoughtfully

Before asking AI for a worksheet, find out what needs to change. I Don’t Know. Let’s Find Out. helps you investigate the difficulty and choose one useful next step.

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The framework inside BETWEEN

A question. A problem.
A change in perspective.

Each chapter begins with a question and makes a transformation visible: a movement from one way of seeing or acting to another. Explore three examples.

01 / The question

Who are we trying to raise?

02 / The problem

Daily tasks and measures of progress can crowd out the longer view: the adult a child is becoming.

03 / The transformation

Connect today’s choices with responsible independence: judgement, capability, asking for help and considering other people.

Based on Chapter One: Who Are We Trying to Raise?

These are website summaries of the chapter ideas, rather than quotations or promised outcomes.

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The idea behind the series

Notice more.
Ask the next question.

Next Question? brings together practical guides, stories and essays by Alex J. Housse for adults navigating learning and family life.

The starting point is simple: notice what a child is really stuck on, then consider what to try next. Explore the collection to find a place to begin.

The Next Question? letter

One question worth taking
back to everyday life.

A fortnightly email letter for adults navigating learning and family life: a familiar situation, a question worth asking and one change to consider. Alongside occasional book news.

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A few practical questions.

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