Tyla Arabas
@tylaarabas.bsky.social
Deputy Head Academic at St. Catherine's British International School in Athens. Passionate about T&L and educational research. Sometimes runs, sometimes dives and sometimes blogs.
Principles over policies for me any day. Teacher autonomy while working towards shared goals and using strategies that work in our context is important.
Teaching and learning: Principles or policies?
"...schools have some flexibility and autonomy to set teaching and learning policies. Should school leaders consider implementing such policies? Or might they be better served by broader teaching and learning principles?"
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"...schools have some flexibility and autonomy to set teaching and learning policies. Should school leaders consider implementing such policies? Or might they be better served by broader teaching and learning principles?"
Read here
Teaching and learning: Principles or policies?
Explore how school policies support teachers, staff, students, and parents in understanding school requirements and procedures.
buff.ly
August 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Principles over policies for me any day. Teacher autonomy while working towards shared goals and using strategies that work in our context is important.
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Searching for a postdoc to work on 2 newly NIH-funded projects using intracranial EEG with TMS and direct electrical stimulation to investigate hippocampal networks supporting episodic memory. Research Scientist could also work for post-post-doc candidates. Plz spread!
cnoir.bsd.uchicago.edu/join/
cnoir.bsd.uchicago.edu/join/
June 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Searching for a postdoc to work on 2 newly NIH-funded projects using intracranial EEG with TMS and direct electrical stimulation to investigate hippocampal networks supporting episodic memory. Research Scientist could also work for post-post-doc candidates. Plz spread!
cnoir.bsd.uchicago.edu/join/
cnoir.bsd.uchicago.edu/join/
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A response to *that* paper on AI and 'cognitive debt'
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
The cost of borrowed thought: a response to 'Your Brain on ChatGPT'
AI, cognitive debt, drawing bicycles and the illusion of effortlessness
open.substack.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
A response to *that* paper on AI and 'cognitive debt'
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
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*NEW* Responsive Teaching Part 1: Learning is Recursive Not Linear carlhendrick.substack.com/p/responsive...
Responsive Teaching Part 1: Learning is Recursive Not Linear
The first in a series of posts looking at how responsive teaching can be understood, implemented, and embedded within system-wide efforts to improve teaching and learning.
carlhendrick.substack.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
*NEW* Responsive Teaching Part 1: Learning is Recursive Not Linear carlhendrick.substack.com/p/responsive...
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My latest 3Rs newsletter is live.
This edition covers a review of a new book on dyslexia, research on social mobility, interleaving & spelling, and learning styles.
Each edition I review a book related to education (here are a few from the year)
alexquigley.co.uk/tag/newslett...
This edition covers a review of a new book on dyslexia, research on social mobility, interleaving & spelling, and learning styles.
Each edition I review a book related to education (here are a few from the year)
alexquigley.co.uk/tag/newslett...
June 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My latest 3Rs newsletter is live.
This edition covers a review of a new book on dyslexia, research on social mobility, interleaving & spelling, and learning styles.
Each edition I review a book related to education (here are a few from the year)
alexquigley.co.uk/tag/newslett...
This edition covers a review of a new book on dyslexia, research on social mobility, interleaving & spelling, and learning styles.
Each edition I review a book related to education (here are a few from the year)
alexquigley.co.uk/tag/newslett...
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NEW POST on AI, learning and why knowing stuff still matters. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-most-i...
June 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
NEW POST on AI, learning and why knowing stuff still matters. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-most-i...
Plenty of valid questions raised. Without clear definition, the "why" to underpin what and how we teach it, any good oracy strategy will simply become yet another fad full of lethal mutations.
June 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Plenty of valid questions raised. Without clear definition, the "why" to underpin what and how we teach it, any good oracy strategy will simply become yet another fad full of lethal mutations.
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Retrieval Practice and Technology: Five Key Principles
"Technology has the potential to harness the benefits of retrieval practice through providing regular and low stakes opportunities for retrieval practice, inside and outside of the classroom."
Blog by Kate Jones
Read it here:
"Technology has the potential to harness the benefits of retrieval practice through providing regular and low stakes opportunities for retrieval practice, inside and outside of the classroom."
Blog by Kate Jones
Read it here:
Retrieval Practice and Technology: Five Key Principles
Learn how retrieval practice can enhance teaching and learning with new technologies and low-stakes assessment opportunities.
buff.ly
June 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Retrieval Practice and Technology: Five Key Principles
"Technology has the potential to harness the benefits of retrieval practice through providing regular and low stakes opportunities for retrieval practice, inside and outside of the classroom."
Blog by Kate Jones
Read it here:
"Technology has the potential to harness the benefits of retrieval practice through providing regular and low stakes opportunities for retrieval practice, inside and outside of the classroom."
Blog by Kate Jones
Read it here:
And what a brilliant read it is. Thoroughly enjoyed it and bookmarking it for use next academic year which will be devoted to a major curriculum review.
The most read article of the week was ‘Subject Development Time’ by @saysmiss.bsky.social 📚
June 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
And what a brilliant read it is. Thoroughly enjoyed it and bookmarking it for use next academic year which will be devoted to a major curriculum review.
I am a huge fan of lesson drop-ins but this leaves me wandering if we should be more careful about when we are dropping in so as to distract as little as possible. The benefits of drop-ins in a school with strong coaching culture vs. the distraction caused. Thoughts?
June 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I am a huge fan of lesson drop-ins but this leaves me wandering if we should be more careful about when we are dropping in so as to distract as little as possible. The benefits of drop-ins in a school with strong coaching culture vs. the distraction caused. Thoughts?
So easy to find examples of other fads turn policy in the past. Educational research matters. #edusky #education
This is what happens when an anecdote (nothing more than observations) and not empirical evidence is the basis of pedagogy & policy.
Result: Reading Recovery was funded and used for >45 years, no robust research has shown that the programme is effective. #EduSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Result: Reading Recovery was funded and used for >45 years, no robust research has shown that the programme is effective. #EduSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
So easy to find examples of other fads turn policy in the past. Educational research matters. #edusky #education
Officially three months into living in a new country, new school and routines are forming. Sunday run at Ymittos is one of them. The views are 😍 #athens #internationalteaching #running
June 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Officially three months into living in a new country, new school and routines are forming. Sunday run at Ymittos is one of them. The views are 😍 #athens #internationalteaching #running
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*NEW POST* The first in a series of posts on how to move away from strategies and activities to applying the science of learning in a more effective way. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/bright-lin...
June 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
*NEW POST* The first in a series of posts on how to move away from strategies and activities to applying the science of learning in a more effective way. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/bright-lin...
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What is the Science of Learning? *FREE GUIDE* ⬇️ htalh.com/download-tea...
June 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
What is the Science of Learning? *FREE GUIDE* ⬇️ htalh.com/download-tea...
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There are lots of ways to provide opportunities for retrieval practice. There are benefits/limitations to different techniques that's why I embrace variety. As a history teacher, quizzes are great for knowledge recall but students must be given opportunities for elaboration & application too.
June 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
There are lots of ways to provide opportunities for retrieval practice. There are benefits/limitations to different techniques that's why I embrace variety. As a history teacher, quizzes are great for knowledge recall but students must be given opportunities for elaboration & application too.
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"The more you revisit, the more you reveal."
I love the posts published by Sarah Findlater. Insightful, interesting & informative. If you haven't subscribed to her substack yet I highly recommend it!
sarahfindlater.substack.com/p/why-ai-in-...
I love the posts published by Sarah Findlater. Insightful, interesting & informative. If you haven't subscribed to her substack yet I highly recommend it!
sarahfindlater.substack.com/p/why-ai-in-...
Why AI in Schools Is a Pedagogical Shift, Not a Tech Trend
AI isn’t just changing tools, it’s reshaping how we teach, what we value, and how students learn.
sarahfindlater.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"The more you revisit, the more you reveal."
I love the posts published by Sarah Findlater. Insightful, interesting & informative. If you haven't subscribed to her substack yet I highly recommend it!
sarahfindlater.substack.com/p/why-ai-in-...
I love the posts published by Sarah Findlater. Insightful, interesting & informative. If you haven't subscribed to her substack yet I highly recommend it!
sarahfindlater.substack.com/p/why-ai-in-...
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The same visuals can be used in the encoding & retrieval stages of the learning process. This is known as the 'Encoding Specificity Principle' (Tulving & Thompson 1973!), a retrieval cue can provide a prompt to support initial retrieval success, especially if students have seen the cue before! 👏
June 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The same visuals can be used in the encoding & retrieval stages of the learning process. This is known as the 'Encoding Specificity Principle' (Tulving & Thompson 1973!), a retrieval cue can provide a prompt to support initial retrieval success, especially if students have seen the cue before! 👏
🎤✨ Blown away by the incredible talent at St. Catherine's inaugural TedEd talks tonight! Our students delivered powerful, thought-provoking speeches that left us all inspired. Proud to be part of such an amazing community! #TedEd #StudentVoices #ProudEducator #StCatherines
June 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🎤✨ Blown away by the incredible talent at St. Catherine's inaugural TedEd talks tonight! Our students delivered powerful, thought-provoking speeches that left us all inspired. Proud to be part of such an amazing community! #TedEd #StudentVoices #ProudEducator #StCatherines