Very useful review by @carlhendrick.substack.com on ChatGPT for Teachers. Unfortunately, the current iteration is pedagogically unsound and informed by various EduMyths (e.g. learning styles). But there are opportunities, not least designing spaced practice: carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...

Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse

OpenAI have just released ChatGPT for Teachers which I have just spent the morning looking at it and I have concerns.

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New Open Access article by Burak Aydin, Marjolein Fokkema, Nurullah Eryilmaz, Ronny Scherer, Marcus Pietsch and me on the relationship between school leadership, teaching and achievement using the PISA-TALIS 2018 link dataset. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How school leadership and innovation shape instructional pathways to student achievement across nations: Evidence from multilevel structural equation modeling and decision tree analysis

Educational leadership, innovation and teaching play essential roles in shaping student achievement. However, extant literature primarily has relied o…

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This description of the Irish Curriculum spec for the English LC by @finn_mcredmond is a perfect example of the vacuousness of many curricula. Typical of what we often see when curriculum developers are afraid to specify actual content and scared of setting high expectations.

What is a knowledge-rich curriculum? In any event not just facts, not just math and reading, and not elitist. It is the strongest lever for equity. And thus ultimately a matter of social justice. #EduSky @timsurma.bsky.social, @danielmuijs.bsky.social

Five Common Misconceptions About the Knowledge-Rich Curriculum Tim Surma, Paul A. Kirschner, Michiel Wils, Daniel Muijs*, Claudio Vanhees, Jasper NijlunsingCentre of Expertise Education and Learning, Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium; *Queen’s University Belfast, School…

Five Common Misconceptions About the Knowledge-Rich Curriculum

Tim Surma, Paul A. Kirschner, Michiel Wils, Daniel Muijs*, Claudio Vanhees, Jasper NijlunsingCentre of Expertise Education and Learning, Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium; *Queen’s University Belfast, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Educational reform always sparks debate. That is healthy and necessary. And what we see today is no exception, as many countries embark on the development of what is known as…

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Initial reviews for @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social’s new book, #HowDoTheyDoIt? have been glowing! ⭐ Thank you to @danielmuijs.bsky.social for these comments. Have you ordered a copy yet? We would love to hear your comments if you do read it: buff.ly/3K6qYvp

New evidence from France: RCT's showed that students taught using explicit instruction performed better than those who were taught with socio-constructivist teaching. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Learning basic mathematic skills in primary school: testing the effectiveness of socio-constructivist and explicit instruction

In France, the proportion of low-achieving students in mathematics has increased, and the difference in results between the socially advantaged and disadvantaged students marks a significant achiev...

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The number of PhD’s being awarded is increasingly outpacing the supply of academic jobs. This requires a rethink by universities of (over)recruitment, training and expectation management. Interesting blog by Huw Morris blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducat...

Have we reached PhD saturation point? - LSE Higher Education

With doctoral student demand outstripping supply of academic jobs, it’s time for governments, universities, and prospective PhD students themselves to take action to avoid regret, says LSE HE Blog Fel...

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It’s here 👏🏻 the 5th edition of the social science student journal @danielmuijs.bsky.social

@ssstudentjournal.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Hot off the press – Edition 5 is here! We’re excited to launch the 5th edition of the Undergraduate Social Science Student Journal! Packed with critical thinking, and the incredible talent of our undergraduate students. 🧠💬 🌍📖 @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #SSSJ5 #SocialScience#LaunchDay #SSESW

This paper by Pietro Sarcassani is a nice illustration of the importance of subject knowledge to teacher effectiveness. In this study of Science teaching he finds that holding a subject degree in the relevant taught science (e.g. Biology, Physics...). sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The effect of teacher subject-specific qualifications on student science achievement

I investigate the effect of teacher subject-specific qualifications on student science achievement using data from TIMSS 2015, a large-scale assessmen…

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Dit is een goede zet. Taalachterstand moet aangepakt worden. Jong beginnen is daarbij belangrijk, dus goed dat men al bij de kleuters gaat screenen en ondersteunen. Extra taalklassen op latere leeftijd zijn ook zeer wenselijk. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

Van extra taaluren tot aparte taalklassen: zo wil Vlaamse regering kennis van Nederlands op school bijspijkeren | VRT NWS: nieuws

Instapklasjes voor peuters, extra taaluren voor kleuters, aparte taalklassen in de lagere school en het middelbaar: met een hele rist ingrepen probeert de Vlaamse regering de kennis van het Nederlands...

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Verjaardagsboeken/birthday books

Lining up is a sensible thing to do. Sets up the day and expectations and allows for an orderly move into classrooms.

Gráinne Hallahan@heymrshallahan.bsky.social · last yr.

Spoke to a secondary head who swapped to doing this two years ago and he says it’s really helped with behaviour and monitoring absence. If you do this, do you like it?

Lucy Crehan presenting her strategic review of the NI curriculum. Need for reform made clear: we need to move to a new curriculum framework that is specific, focussed, knowledge-rich, purposeful, and flexible and inclusive. A clear and evidence-based direction. #Curriculum #NI

As ever, the loudest voices calling for the collapse of universities, presumably in the post-92 sector, benefitted from privileged educations.

James Ball@jamesrball.com · last yr.

“If universities start to fail, it will be disastrous for Labour MPs and their constituents. It would be the modern equivalent of the factory closure, or the end of the pit. “And despite how some Labour MPs seem to imagine their voters, it would be Labour’s core supporters who were most affected.”

In educational research we are often unclear on on our definitions and concepts, which makes it harder to develop a coherent knowledge base. New article on why teacher effectiveness research often shows small effect sizes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Conceptualizing teaching quality: problems, prospects, and a proposal for moving forward

Empirical studies in teaching effectiveness research (TER) have largely yielded small and inconsistent effects. To better understand and explain these effects, we argue that it is core to consider ...

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Our article 'The role of knowledge-rich curricula in promoting deep thinking and complex skill acquisition' is online and free. #EduSky @danielmuijs.bsky.social @timsurma.bsky.social @dylanwiliam.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Increasing the importance of coursework in high-stakes assessment just as the AI revolution hits must be one of the worst decisions in education. #LeavingCert #Ireland www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

‘It’s impossible’: Will teachers be able to stop cheating for new Leaving Cert coursework?

Rise of AI tools is fueling concern among educators over potential for student cheating in projects worth 40%

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Very interesting study on the impact of AI as a tool in research and development. Study in materials lab showed that using AI significantly improved research productivity, but that this depended on how knowledgeable the researcher was. arxiv.org/abs/2412.17866 #knowledgematters

Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation

This paper studies the impact of artificial intelligence on innovation, exploiting the randomized introduction of a new materials discovery technology to 1,018 scientists in the R&D lab of a large U.S...

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Twee dagen in Brussel, werkend aan de nieuwe Vlaamse minimumdoelen met onze commissie. Die moeten kennisrijk, ambitieus en haalbaar worden. Met dank aan al onze expertengroepen zien ze er al goed uit, nu de schouders eronder op weg naar de eindmeet!

Hear from @paulkirschner.bsky.social, Carlo van Hees and me on The ThoughtStretchers Podcast on our co-authored book: The Knowledge Revival, Curriculum For Deep Thinking youtu.be/lz2OtbLJWxI?...

The ThoughtStretchers Podcast: The Knowledge Revival, Curriculum For Deep Thinking

YouTube video by ThoughtStretchers Education

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Brilliant two days visiting West London Free School & Michaela as part of my role as Chair of the Commission rewriting Flanders' curriculum minimum goals with Minister Zuhal Demir, education providers, journalists and @timsurma.bsky.social. Much to be learnt about a knowledge-rich approach.

I'm off to Flanders to visit primary schools and discuss their work on curriculum, so a reminder of this paper which reports some very promising findings on the value of a knowledge-rich curriculum in primary: edworkingpapers.com/ai23-755

A Kindergarten Lottery Evaluation of Core Knowledge Charter Schools: Should Building General Knowledge Have a Central Role in Educational and Social Science Research and Policy?

The Core Knowledge curriculum is a K-8 curriculum focused on building students General Knowledge about the world they live in that is hypothesized to increase reading comprehension and Reading/English...

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In a school where the behaviour culture is strong and behaviour leadership is everywhere, a good teacher can be an excellent teacher. In a school where it's absent, a good teacher will have to fight just to remain good, and it will probably burn them out in the process.

A lot of AI guys seem to think "knowing how to ask the right questions" is some kind of magical new skill brought about by AI and not the bedrock of every academic discipline ever

Day of annual leave on Rathlin Island. Cold and wet, but still enjoying it.

Important research led by our Queens's SSESW colleagues Dr Colm Walsh, Prof Lisa Bunting and Prof Gavin Davidson.

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last yr.

Brutal takedown of reading policy in Wales and Scotland, as Northern Ireland looks to change course with its new strategy based around phonics. @kathyrastle.bsky.social makes several important (and apparently still necessary) observations about the evidence on reading. www.itv.com/news/2025-02...

Delighted to be at Limavady High School today to talk about curriculum today. Already heard two excellent presentations on routines and behaviour and adaptive teaching.

Interesting study of Kindergarten providing (further) evidence of the positive impact of a knowledge-rich curriculum. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...