New post! ● Teaching tricks, fidelity, and the illusion of "best bets" #UKEd #EduSky christianmooreanderson.com/teaching-tri...

Evan Thompson on how "controlled hallucination" and "Predictive Processing" are wrong. @musingsofadr.bsky.social @mrbates.bsky.social @adamwteach.bsky.social @bernardandrews.bsky.social

This is such an important perspective, which is so often missing from discussions of "what works" in education. From @bernardandrews.bsky.social bernardandrews.substack.com/p/efficiency...

Fantastic read for a Saturday morning: by @bernardandrews.bsky.social substack.com/inbox/post/1...

This is an important and good interview, regardless of one's opinions on what the prof says.

"I’ve been quite swept up by the autism spectrum idea, and it’s only in the past 10 years or so that I have felt things have gone too far, and very slowly I have come to say, 'No, this is not right'" Autism expert professor Uta Frith talks to @helen-amass.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

The most important part of the White Paper will be *how* decisions are going to be made about which support is effective and who should get it. In the end, that’s the crux of any SEND reform.

The other day, @agittner.bsky.social prompted me to describe how I would teach a concept. I found it almost impossible. And, it had me wondering why, a full time biology teacher, head of biology, & someone who has written so much on biology education, couldn't do it easily. Here's my answer 🧵

Happiness and life-goals open.substack.com/pub/ofgodsan...

Happiness and life-goals open.substack.com/pub/ofgodsan...

A tough but incredibly rewarding book for me is Maturana's The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love. It paints a very different picture from this. Humans are a loving species who get physically ill when deprived of it.

I declare this book finished. It's been intense. So much editing. This is the most important work I've written. As far as I'm aware, the first book for general teachers that's deeply rooted in *enactive* cognitive science. Teaching Meaning: What Works When Telling Isn't Enough Out soon!

Bei @bernardandrews.bsky.social gibt es immer Interessantes zu lesen. Ein "Bookmark" für seine Seite wäre meine Empfehlung: bernardandrews.substack.com Und ja, Bildung braucht die Philosophie ganz dringend.

bernardandrews.substack.com/p/predictive... Beide Artikel zeigen, inwiefern die "Cognitive Sciences" einem Szientismus verfallen, wenn sie meinen, die Grenzen ihres Gegenstandes überschreiten zu müssen (etwas vereinfacht gesagt...). 2/2

Interessanter Artikel von @bernardandrews.bsky.social zum Problem mit Modellen wie "Predicitve Processing", der auf einem anderen Artiekl aufbau, nämlich... 1/2

Any RTs would be gratefully received.

In this post, I trace the idea that we can ‘reverse engineer’ the mind back to its roots in Kant’s transcendental arguments and argue that the idea doesn't make as much sense as it might first appear. open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

The 'Predictive processing' theory is a zombie-ant fungus. open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

On why Engelmann's theory doesn't make sense and how it can be improved. open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

On why Engelmann's theory doesn't make sense and how it can be improved. open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

Really nice post from @bernardandrews.bsky.social #EduSky #UKEd substack.com/inbox/post/1...

A major problem with the EduCognitivist revolution was trying to algorithmise teaching. Algorithms are such thin rules that they can only ever work in a tightly controlled environment (no exceptions). Therefore, to allow their algorithms to work, they also had to homogenise students & classrooms.

Lots of food for thought here.

Last time for this. Section 57 of the 1944 Butler Act formalised a horrible prejudice: that some people are incapable of being educated. It is a prejudice we have failed to properly address. open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

SEN are a property of the eudcators not the educated. A new substack post in which I argue that Special Education policy should never have focussed on what the child *needs* to be educated, but instead on what the LEA *needs* to educate the child. open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

SEN are a property of the eudcators not the educated. A new substack post in which I argue that Special Education policy should never have focussed on what the child *needs* to be educated, but instead on what the LEA *needs* to educate the child. open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

SEN are a property of the eudcators not the educated. A new substack post in which I argue that Special Education policy should never have focussed on what the child *needs* to be educated, but instead on what the LEA *needs* to educate the child. open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

Wacky idea #1000: it has never been the children that have special educational needs, it's the LEAs! open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

Wacky idea #1000: it has never been the children that have special educational needs, it's the LEAs! open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

What do we mean by 'learning'? Most of us agree that it's about more than just exam grades, but we need a formal definition if we want education policy that works for all, writes @bernardandrews.bsky.social

A very interesting read from @bernardandrews.bsky.social

'Retrieval practice' is not a synonym for teaching or learning. The learning = memory narrative is really problematic for our conception of what education is. #EduSky

A reminder, if one were needed, that for all their talk of “vile criminal gangs”, our states would punish the Good Samaritan himself if he were to help a migrant

Huh this was quite the read, and also the profile pic is great

Every day this seems like a better and better idea. I can't think of any better way to enable media literacy (and support decent journalism) than to have the govt pay for subscriptions to decent newspapers. euroweeklynews.com/2025/05/10/p...

He really does.

This is a direct consequence of Jenrick's attacks. He needs to be held responsible.

I think this is really good. Great article.

EHCPs have been blamed for driving an unsustainable rise in SEND. But would limiting these actually fix the problem, asks @mmulholland.bsky.social

@skolinkvisition.bsky.social @bernardandrews.bsky.social ❤️❣️

The house paradox: houses are both costly and valued

Worst "paradox" ever...

So sad... the world has fallen to grifters. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Ah the 1970s. Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.

Retrieval practice is bullshit... open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

Fantastic post. #EduSky #UKEd @mraleosays.bsky.social @covingtonedu.bsky.social @nolo14.bsky.social

Fascinating.

Retrieval practice is bullshit... open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...

From @bernardandrews.bsky.social #EduSky #UKEd substack.com/home/post/p-...

If racism has no place in his party, then Nigel Farage should prove it by withdrawing the whip from Sarah Pochin immediately.