How can we help students take greater ownership of their learning? That's exactly what we explore with Paul Cline in the latest episode of The Science of Learning Podcast. If you haven't listened yet, you can catch it here 👇 https://linktr.ee/innerdrive_edu

Anyone occupying middle of the 'ultra running' & 'cognitive psychology' venn diagram might enjoy this!

Aidan Horner@aidanhorner.bsky.social · 3w ago

New preprint! Work led by Doug Hardman on the Barkley Marathons. This was a lot of fun, reading lots of rich qualitative data from interviews and reports. Navigating the Barkley Marathons #psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition 🧪

In case anyone got a really odd post/reply from me on here, think my account was compromised/hacked - been 'suspended' for 9 days and only just let back! What did I miss?!

Edu-conference nerd: Sitting at #EdFest writing notes with my #CogSciSci pen in my #researchED notebook 😂🤪 (I also have more jute bags than I know what to do with!)

Sports Day. Back when I was HoD I had an NQT who was a Y8 form tutor. A Polish girl called Martha moved into her class. Martha was a perfectionist who found peer relationships tricky. She needed everything to be perfect and predictable which is, I think, why she preferred adults.

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Schools can't win in this heat, because there is no good decision to make, only least worst options.

27 degrees will be on the cool side in the next five days... The article goes on to cite research that behaviour gets worse above 25 degrees.

Tes magazine@tesmagazine.bsky.social · last mo.

We know how unpleasant it is trying to teach in a hot classroom – but how exactly do high temperatures affect learning? @jasminenorden.bsky.social explores the scientific research

NEW POST: ● Understanding isn't just knowledge (and how we can teach it) → christianmooreanderson.com/understandin...

My second book is out now. If you are interested in curriculum design and how DI ideas can be applied to the everyday classroom, it's well worth a read.

*** NEW POST *** If teachers only ever follow a playbook, who understands enough to write the next one? 1/3

NEW BLOG: The Confidently Wrong www.emaths.co.uk/blog/general...

A lovely day out at #rEDEastAnglia The legend that is @counsellc.bsky.social started us off with the power of stories. My favourite line was about using stories to capture and hold attention "Hook them in by the scruff of their curiosity!" And the story of the rest of the day...

Great day at #rEDEastAnglia. My first research ED but definitely not my last! Listened to fantastic talks from @bethgg.bsky.social @clairebadger.bsky.social Kerensa Ogbe @mrsball.bsky.social and @jonhutchinson.bsky.social

#rEDEastAnglia26 @clairebadger.bsky.social another great session on Effective Feedback, ensure that feedback is given before grades to focus students attention on the feedback first.

We're over half way through a jam-packed programme at #rEDEastAnglia! An amazing amount of passion, expertise and curiosity on display today 🙌 #researchED #EastAnglia #Suffolk #Education @claireharley.bsky.social

Going through my slides one last time before I head off to #rEDEastAnglia in the morning. Come see me talk about teacher mental models for decision making - session 1!

ATT Institute@attinstitute.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢 LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS Join us at #rEDEastAnglia this Saturday for sharp thinking & practical ideas you can take straight back to school! ✈️ 🎫 Find out more & book: tinyurl.com/2n4syxj4 #TeacherCPD #EduSky #UKEduChat @tombennett71.bsky.social @hgaldinoshea.bsky.social @academytrust.bsky.social

So who's coming out to play at #rEDEastAnglia tomorrow? I'll be speaking about how we used research to develop our teaching and learning principles in Session 1 (I might also be in a corner having a little nap. I said yes before getting my moderation date)

Sleepy Baby's Nap Time on the Couch

ALT: Sleepy Baby's Nap Time on the Couch

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TOMORROW – #rEDEastAnglia arrives in Mildenhall!! 🤩 Join us for an epic day designed to challenge thinking, sharpen practice & spark ideas you can take straight back to school ✈️ There's still time: tinyurl.com/mryr325c #TransformingPD #TeacherCPD @tombennett71.bsky.social @hgaldinoshea.bsky.social

What are you doing this Saturday? There is still time for it to be this ⬇️ ⬇️ 🤩 🤩

ATT Institute@attinstitute.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢 LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS Join us at #rEDEastAnglia this Saturday for sharp thinking & practical ideas you can take straight back to school! ✈️ 🎫 Find out more & book: tinyurl.com/2n4syxj4 #TeacherCPD #EduSky #UKEduChat @tombennett71.bsky.social @hgaldinoshea.bsky.social @academytrust.bsky.social

Marmite? Love it or Hate it? I'm collecting some (unserious) data for teaching purposes. If you have a spare minute, please fill out this anonymous opinion poll for me: forms.gle/M5C91iQxiWYC... It is a short list of (likely) polarising preference questions.

Anonymous opinion poll

Please answer these questions on their 1 to 10 scales

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As usual, lots of fascinating things in the monthly round-up of research from @carlhendrick.substack.com but the *most widely-cited paper on the learning benefits of AI* has been formally withdrawn is certainly the standout! open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

The Monthly Dispatch — What's New in Learning Science? — June 2026

The most-cited AI-in-education paper gets retracted, retrieval practice hits a wall under high cognitive load, and a little knowledge turns out to be worse than none at all.

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Give us your best sing along with friends #fridayfive

Bill Wilkinson@drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ben’s busy and left us to play. Best songs to sing along with friends: 1. Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Wonderwall, Oasis 3. R.E.S.P.E.C.T., Aretha Franklin 4. Islands In The Stream, Dolly & Kenny 5. Waterloo, ABBA #fridayfive

Excellent commentary here on the debate about schools' role in developing work readiness by @steverollett.bsky.social for @cstvoice.bsky.social, looking at the longue durée of employer criticism of the curriculum. cstuk.org.uk/resources/fe...

#rEDEastAnglia 📅 Saturday 13th June 🏫 Mildenhall College Academy 🎟️ Last few days to buy tickets 💫 Don't miss out! ⬇️ More info and to buy tickets: lnkd.in/e8Wv9MvR

We are looking for a RE teacher to join our department! This is a really exciting opportunity to join a brilliant department, teach enthusiastic students and work at a school which high values RE. More details here👇 www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

Teacher of Religious Studies, Havering - Tes Jobs

The Coopers' Company and Coborn School, United Kingdom

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An ✨epic✨ group of voices coming to #rEDEastAnglia in Suffolk on 13 June! ✈️ This amount of INCREDIBLE expertise under one roof... don't miss it! 🤩 📍 Book now: tinyurl.com/mryr325c #UKEduChat #EduSky #EducationConference @tombennett71.bsky.social @hgaldinoshea.bsky.social @academytrust.bsky.social

Work experience. I think it’s valuable - it gives young people a sense of a bigger world that has opportunities they might not have considered, it gives them practice in applying for things (and not getting them), it gives them experiences apart from the rest of their class, gives them individuality

Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing (in 6 Charts) Amazing! @edutopia.org got it just about right! www.edutopia.org/visual-essay...

Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing (in 6 Charts)

It may sound archaic in today’s tech-centric classrooms, but researchers around the world are digging into the powerful effects of handwriting, revealing how the act of putting pen (or pencil) to pape...

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