Developmental psych PhD student @bbkpsychology @UoL_CEN @LearnusUK. Teacher. Interested in analogy, reasoning, learning and education. Views all mine.
Feb 17, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
A short thread of papers on the role of analogy in learning an education - facilitating transfer, scientific models, picture books, relational reasoning, technology education:
Analogical Reasoning in the Classroom: Insights From Cognitive Science
Some methods to use in the classroom as well as the theory behind them
Dec 13, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
@overpractised Hi, thanks for reading and for your interest. A bit of all of those really. The main features of CLT that are at odds with current developmental and cognitive theory are that (a) some of the processes it states develop instinctively probably don't - things like 1/@overpractised ... problem-solving, planning, critical thinking etc being more about learning strategies, procedures and habits (as well as knowledge) - things that develop through experience. And (b) CLT states there are no control processes distinct from knowledge. However, 2/
Dec 13, 2019 • 28 tweets • 5 min read
To my politically-minded science colleagues and friends. Please do read and consider the ideas 👇
Our new UK government is misappropriating the authority of cognitive science to advance a view of what education should be based on political ideas. It will continue to do so unless, in part, held to account by cognitive scientists. 1/
