So this thread explaining a key issue in the debate seemed to be useful so I thought I’d add another; this one around the question of #itdepends and how a key difference of values feeds confusion in the debates

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https://twitter.com/psychscientists/status/1634144889846878209

One of the things that confuses/annoys people is the eco psych advocacy for not using all available conceptual tools and frameworks when designing training. Broadly, we push for *just* using the ecological principles underpinning representative learning design

A thread with some of those reflections - it was really interesting to see these guys in action and there’s a lot of things going on! @MrlycettPE @_andCoach

https://twitter.com/mrlycettpe/status/1493841313451724800

I got to see a few different sessions, including a classroom activity, some outdoor PE and indoor work too. Dan and Ross are working from a constraints based approach across the board; always trying to help guide towards solutions, rather than provide them

Recent challenges to thebFEP by @JBruineberg and @DioVicen and their colleagues seem to converge on a problem caused by the common error identified by @bayesianboy, namely confusing model things with system-being-modelled things. Papers linked at the end

🧵 The problem is Markov blankets. Mathematically, these can be read out of the data about statistical dependencies between model variables. This is a legitimate network analysis technique which Bruineberg et al label ‘Pearl blankets’ after the person who developed the technique

Whether or not the FEP can be made ecological seems to hinge on whether terms like ‘generative model’ can be sensibly cast in terms like ‘a system of anticipating affordances’ and while it sort of can, whether that WORKS seems to remain a matter of opinion 1/a couple We need a way to tell the difference between ecological FEP and non-ecological FEP; a way of seeing which is better. And I just don’t see what that could be just now

Holy shit I’m mad, so deeply mad at this article for 18 different reasons

A thread

https://twitter.com/timeshighered/status/1371990670563545089

1. Fuck you and your patronising bullshit. We are SWAMPED with nonsense and STILL keen to learn good things but we don’t have time so fuck you. Honestly, the desire to learn new useful things is so high among my colleagues even though they are mostly drowning right now

Ok, sorry I just threw this out then ran - I was in the school run 😂

What got me thinking was as I was driving, I came to an annoying intersection. I had to make my way through two close sets of lights; the latter was about to change, I had time to get through but had to...

https://twitter.com/psychscientists/status/1371380285883973632

...monitor to see if there was room for me on the other side, all while not trying to accidentally fake the dumbass tailgating me into thinking I was going if I wasn’t so that he wouldn’t plow into me

And it was all kind of easy

Some interesting things for me to reflect on coming out of replies to this thread...a few here

https://twitter.com/PsychScientists/status/1332361131684466690

First, I didn’t actually say ‘do eco psych or get out’. I said ‘pick a damn theory and commit to it till it breaks or doesn’t’. I’m not sure that was clear though because boy did some people reflexively yell at me for being an eco psych cultist

Many coaches advocate for picking and choosing methods from a variety of theoretical camps, on the premise that which is best ‘depends’ on the player, the coach, etc and you want the biggest toolkit you can get.

I think this is an error, which I will now attempt to defend First, let’s set the scene. VERY roughly, there are two approaches in coaching. Traditional coaching is very cognitive, all about the coach as a source of knowledge. Then there’s the plucky ecological upstarts who focus on training skilled engagement over knowledge #ymmv

@RCGreyMattersUK @erikwillander @DCGreyMattersUK Here’s a paper that explains the mechanisms of the ecological approach; it’s cites a lot of the relevant empirical literature cognitioninaction.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/golonk… @RCGreyMattersUK @erikwillander @DCGreyMattersUK Mechanism research is about identifying the real parts and processes involved in producing a behaviour. In the ecological approach, they two main types of pieces are affordances and information

Some thoughts on verbal instruction in coaching (seems to be a key point of disagreement between ecological and non-ecological types) 1/n Coaches want to be able to give their athletes instructions. Usually, this is about technique; ‘place your feet here’, ‘angle your club like this’, etc. This fits with the idea of coaching as imparting knowledge

I Burned Out: A Thread I haven’t been on Twitter for about a month. Taking it off my phone has been part of me unplugging and beginning my recovery from burning out. I wanted to chat about it, though, because a) being open has been good for me and b) good for others.