Dara
@agscidara.bsky.social
Teacher. Seasoned explorer of the Dunning-Kruger map. Here to learn more about how education works.
#edchatie #cogsci
#edchatie #cogsci
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Dara
@agscidara.bsky.social
· Dec 16
Ireland is currently going through the lethal mutation stage of our CPD journey #edchatie
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GIVEAWAY! We have a few copies of our - @carlhendrick.substack.com, Jim Heal, me - new book to give away. Bonus points if you reply to this tweet telling us something you used to believe about teaching and learning but don’t anymore. RT to be included in the draw. @hachettelearning.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
GIVEAWAY! We have a few copies of our - @carlhendrick.substack.com, Jim Heal, me - new book to give away. Bonus points if you reply to this tweet telling us something you used to believe about teaching and learning but don’t anymore. RT to be included in the draw. @hachettelearning.bsky.social
We have a national skills council?
In Ireland, the Government has been urged to embed AI as a 'core component' of the education system after a study suggested that matching OECD levels of digital innovation could create 14,000 jobs and add €1.8 billion to GDP.
Who funded the study? Google. 🤔
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Who funded the study? Google. 🤔
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
AI should be a ‘core component’ of the education system, National Skills Council recommends
The council recommended a 'rethink' of investment into skills
www.irishtimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
We have a national skills council?
For me, education is an applied science
Is there a science of teaching? Honoured to be on this panel with Dan Willingham, Shana Carpenter and Dylan Wiliam to discuss this topic at the Learning and the Brain conference in NYC
April 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For me, education is an applied science
There seems to be revival of the education blogs and I am loving it. Education books probably have had their time
A revival of the grassroots education communities would be brilliant thing too. With the way social media is used now, it's harder to establish such groups though.
A revival of the grassroots education communities would be brilliant thing too. With the way social media is used now, it's harder to establish such groups though.
April 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
There seems to be revival of the education blogs and I am loving it. Education books probably have had their time
A revival of the grassroots education communities would be brilliant thing too. With the way social media is used now, it's harder to establish such groups though.
A revival of the grassroots education communities would be brilliant thing too. With the way social media is used now, it's harder to establish such groups though.
If anyone on #edchatie has a genuine interest in improving their practice this is the place to go. Awkward time for Irish teachers to go but I've gone twice and presented at it once and still use what I learned there.
March 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If anyone on #edchatie has a genuine interest in improving their practice this is the place to go. Awkward time for Irish teachers to go but I've gone twice and presented at it once and still use what I learned there.
Sounds so familiar to #edchatie.
If you're implementing a new idea in your school and it doesn't clearly lead to more learning, you're wasting time.
We went this way with "engaging" lessons, group work, marking, target grades and more.
We are now going this way, once again, but with AI.
We went this way with "engaging" lessons, group work, marking, target grades and more.
We are now going this way, once again, but with AI.
March 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sounds so familiar to #edchatie.
"Right... but can this work on a wet Tuesday night in Stoke?"
Only 0.13% of papers in top 100 education journals were replications (far less than any other field of social research, which is already pretty bad for replications btw).
March 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"Right... but can this work on a wet Tuesday night in Stoke?"
AI for planning is a category error because planning is thinking and can't be outsourced.
March 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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HEY #EduSKy want to go to a great conference on all things Cognitive science and education?
We are hosting the 2025 #CogSciSci conference in Surrey (UK) on the 30/5/25
Come and grab a ticket, £5 discount for the first 50 sold!
Please share 🙏
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We are hosting the 2025 #CogSciSci conference in Surrey (UK) on the 30/5/25
Come and grab a ticket, £5 discount for the first 50 sold!
Please share 🙏
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cogscisci-...
CogSciSci 2025 Surrey
This years premier conference for the use of cognitive science in science education is taking place in Surrey
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
HEY #EduSKy want to go to a great conference on all things Cognitive science and education?
We are hosting the 2025 #CogSciSci conference in Surrey (UK) on the 30/5/25
Come and grab a ticket, £5 discount for the first 50 sold!
Please share 🙏
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cogscisci-...
We are hosting the 2025 #CogSciSci conference in Surrey (UK) on the 30/5/25
Come and grab a ticket, £5 discount for the first 50 sold!
Please share 🙏
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cogscisci-...
Short thread where I try to explain what validity is and why it's important.
(This stuff is hard: tell me where I'm wrong)
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(This stuff is hard: tell me where I'm wrong)
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February 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If you are looking for an excellent podcast around education then Sold a Story and Nice White Parents are always a good shout #edchatie
February 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If you are looking for an excellent podcast around education then Sold a Story and Nice White Parents are always a good shout #edchatie
I read aloud in every science class. The opportunity cost is so low. Been at it a year and a half now and can't ever go back. #edchatie
‘Why should we read aloud in class?’
“The teacher reading aloud and expertly modelling fluency (pace, expression, volume etc.) is likely a better bet than selecting underpractised pupils to read.”
alexquigley.co.uk/who-should-r...
“The teacher reading aloud and expertly modelling fluency (pace, expression, volume etc.) is likely a better bet than selecting underpractised pupils to read.”
alexquigley.co.uk/who-should-r...
Who should read aloud in class?
There are fewer more important acts in all of education than reading in the classroom. From what is read, to the specifics of when, why, and by whom, the how of reading in the classroom can prove a vi...
alexquigley.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I read aloud in every science class. The opportunity cost is so low. Been at it a year and a half now and can't ever go back. #edchatie
I've been thinking a lot about AI the past year or so and I am growing increasingly firm in my belief that I basically hate it.
I do not want to read an AI-written email newsletter or use an AI-generated summary.
Education is a human domain and there is something so inhuman about generative AI.
I do not want to read an AI-written email newsletter or use an AI-generated summary.
Education is a human domain and there is something so inhuman about generative AI.
February 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Dara. Science teacher. Using cog science throughout my whole career so far.
Think we need to be careful jumping into its use. Things like icons, dual coding and retrieval grids are counterproductive. Formative assessment is key to good cog science use in any subject. #Edchatie
Think we need to be careful jumping into its use. Things like icons, dual coding and retrieval grids are counterproductive. Formative assessment is key to good cog science use in any subject. #Edchatie
February 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Dara. Science teacher. Using cog science throughout my whole career so far.
Think we need to be careful jumping into its use. Things like icons, dual coding and retrieval grids are counterproductive. Formative assessment is key to good cog science use in any subject. #Edchatie
Think we need to be careful jumping into its use. Things like icons, dual coding and retrieval grids are counterproductive. Formative assessment is key to good cog science use in any subject. #Edchatie
Does anyone know where and when the next @cogscisci.bsky.social conference will be? Missed last year's one so hoping to go again #cogscisci
February 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Does anyone know where and when the next @cogscisci.bsky.social conference will be? Missed last year's one so hoping to go again #cogscisci
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I think we need to seek ways of maintaining the PD up to the point of seeing change in the classroom, rather than up to the end of the PD session itself. Unfortunately, too much PD is evaluated through feedback forms rather than through impact on teaching (and learning).
December 16, 2024 at 9:19 PM
I think we need to seek ways of maintaining the PD up to the point of seeing change in the classroom, rather than up to the end of the PD session itself. Unfortunately, too much PD is evaluated through feedback forms rather than through impact on teaching (and learning).
If people were up for it we should organise CPD groups around one specific practice. Meet up in person. Discuss, practice, debate and then move on when people feel they've improved #edchatie
December 16, 2024 at 9:21 PM
If people were up for it we should organise CPD groups around one specific practice. Meet up in person. Discuss, practice, debate and then move on when people feel they've improved #edchatie
Dara, maths and science. Think PD has so much to offer but very little of it has the impact it intends. Fair play to those who do it through talks and webinars, but it's a low input, low output approach #Edchatie
December 16, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Dara, maths and science. Think PD has so much to offer but very little of it has the impact it intends. Fair play to those who do it through talks and webinars, but it's a low input, low output approach #Edchatie
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Why Means of Participation are so important, a tiny 🧵
First what are Means of Participation?
They are intentionally installed routines for the common ways students will be expected to answer questions in class.
Usually:
First what are Means of Participation?
They are intentionally installed routines for the common ways students will be expected to answer questions in class.
Usually:
December 11, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Why Means of Participation are so important, a tiny 🧵
First what are Means of Participation?
They are intentionally installed routines for the common ways students will be expected to answer questions in class.
Usually:
First what are Means of Participation?
They are intentionally installed routines for the common ways students will be expected to answer questions in class.
Usually:
Ignoring the weighting of the AAC, what would be the ideal AAC for your subject that you could live with and still consider fair?
2nd exam? Interview? Practical?
Love to discuss this with people.
#edchatie
2nd exam? Interview? Practical?
Love to discuss this with people.
#edchatie
December 7, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Ignoring the weighting of the AAC, what would be the ideal AAC for your subject that you could live with and still consider fair?
2nd exam? Interview? Practical?
Love to discuss this with people.
#edchatie
2nd exam? Interview? Practical?
Love to discuss this with people.
#edchatie
We pay too much attention to the most confident voices—and too little attention to the most thoughtful ones.
Conviction is not a sign of credibility. Speaking assertively is not a substitute for reflecting deeply.
It's better to learn from complex thinkers than smooth talkers.
Conviction is not a sign of credibility. Speaking assertively is not a substitute for reflecting deeply.
It's better to learn from complex thinkers than smooth talkers.
December 6, 2024 at 8:18 PM
In some respects, AI has done wonders for raising awareness about the validity and reliability of assessments. #edchatie
The only way to maintain academic integrity is to have all high-stakes assessments done in controlled conditions: supervised, with no online access.
No citations, references, guidelines or any other attempts to mitigate the power of AI will have any effect.
#edchatie
No citations, references, guidelines or any other attempts to mitigate the power of AI will have any effect.
#edchatie
December 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM
In some respects, AI has done wonders for raising awareness about the validity and reliability of assessments. #edchatie