Dr. Jonathan Firth
@jwfirth.bsky.social
Teacher, author, researcher focusing on applying psychology to education.
Check my free Memory & Metacognition Updates (CogSci, edu etc) – firth.substack.com/archive
Check my free Memory & Metacognition Updates (CogSci, edu etc) – firth.substack.com/archive
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This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
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Grammarly is now an enemy of education
"Universities risk putting students in impossible positions where they’re simultaneously told they can use a tool and that using certain functions of that tool constitutes cheating."
Seriously, ban it. It's no friend of education
wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
"Universities risk putting students in impossible positions where they’re simultaneously told they can use a tool and that using certain functions of that tool constitutes cheating."
Seriously, ban it. It's no friend of education
wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
Some reasonable adjustments may have just become academic misconduct
Lots of universities across the UK permit the use of Grammarly in reasonable adjustment plans for disabled students, and some permit it in some circumstances for those whose first language isn't Engli...
wonkhe.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Grammarly is now an enemy of education
"Universities risk putting students in impossible positions where they’re simultaneously told they can use a tool and that using certain functions of that tool constitutes cheating."
Seriously, ban it. It's no friend of education
wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
"Universities risk putting students in impossible positions where they’re simultaneously told they can use a tool and that using certain functions of that tool constitutes cheating."
Seriously, ban it. It's no friend of education
wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
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It's publication day for this beauty, with stories by David Bevan @iancritchley.bsky.social @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, Alison Moore, Okechukwu Nzelu, @simonokotie.bsky.social, C.D. Rose, Iain Sinclair, Naomi Wood, lucky old me! et al. Thank you @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & @saltpublishing.com 🔥
October 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's publication day for this beauty, with stories by David Bevan @iancritchley.bsky.social @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, Alison Moore, Okechukwu Nzelu, @simonokotie.bsky.social, C.D. Rose, Iain Sinclair, Naomi Wood, lucky old me! et al. Thank you @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & @saltpublishing.com 🔥
Just bought it as well as the @saltpublishing.com 2025 story anthology. Looking forward to the reads!
@willwiles.bsky.social
@willwiles.bsky.social
Just started The Anechoic Chamber and Other Weird Tales (2025) by @willwiles.bsky.social published by @saltpublishing.com and based on a @raynewman.bsky.social endorsement
Three stories in and it’s really great. Stylistically diverse and highly addictive without resorting to pastiche 🤌👌👍
#booksky
Three stories in and it’s really great. Stylistically diverse and highly addictive without resorting to pastiche 🤌👌👍
#booksky
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just bought it as well as the @saltpublishing.com 2025 story anthology. Looking forward to the reads!
@willwiles.bsky.social
@willwiles.bsky.social
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Thank you so much for ALL your support 🦋
We are fundraising to invest in new books and new writing. Every penny we raise will be spent on our authors. Do please make a donation and share our fundraiser widely!
#Fundraiser
#SupportIndie
#IndiePress
#IndiePublishing
#KeepBooksAlive
#BookSky
We are fundraising to invest in new books and new writing. Every penny we raise will be spent on our authors. Do please make a donation and share our fundraiser widely!
#Fundraiser
#SupportIndie
#IndiePress
#IndiePublishing
#KeepBooksAlive
#BookSky
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New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026
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October 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thank you so much for ALL your support 🦋
We are fundraising to invest in new books and new writing. Every penny we raise will be spent on our authors. Do please make a donation and share our fundraiser widely!
#Fundraiser
#SupportIndie
#IndiePress
#IndiePublishing
#KeepBooksAlive
#BookSky
We are fundraising to invest in new books and new writing. Every penny we raise will be spent on our authors. Do please make a donation and share our fundraiser widely!
#Fundraiser
#SupportIndie
#IndiePress
#IndiePublishing
#KeepBooksAlive
#BookSky
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You can order on Etsy or in DM📩
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Worldwide delivery🌍
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September 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
✨️Handmade Christmas tree🎄 decorations that will add warmth and light to your home. Made with love in Ukraine💙💛
You can order on Etsy or in DM📩
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...
Worldwide delivery🌍
Support Ukrainian craftsmen, it is very important at this time!🫂❤️
#SupportUkraine #madeinUkraine #etsygifts
You can order on Etsy or in DM📩
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...
Worldwide delivery🌍
Support Ukrainian craftsmen, it is very important at this time!🫂❤️
#SupportUkraine #madeinUkraine #etsygifts
My most recent newsletter is on research into retrieval practice and generative learning firth.substack.com/p/combining-...
A follow-up post on Monday! #education #edusky
A follow-up post on Monday! #education #edusky
Combining Retrieval Practice and Generative Learning
Jonathan Firth's Memory & Metacognition Updates #121
firth.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My most recent newsletter is on research into retrieval practice and generative learning firth.substack.com/p/combining-...
A follow-up post on Monday! #education #edusky
A follow-up post on Monday! #education #edusky
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10% off selected items in our sale (see the homepage) plus free postage on everything until the end of September. Happy shopping!
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September 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
10% off selected items in our sale (see the homepage) plus free postage on everything until the end of September. Happy shopping!
#BookSale
#IndiePublisher
#ReadersOfBluesky
#BookDeals
#BookLovers
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*NEW POST* The Enduring Persistence of Neuromyths in Education
A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers provides one of the most detailed snapshots to date.
Fantastic work from @juanfernandez.bsky.social @ferreromar.bsky.social and colleagues
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers provides one of the most detailed snapshots to date.
Fantastic work from @juanfernandez.bsky.social @ferreromar.bsky.social and colleagues
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
Beyond Neuromyths: Why Teachers Still Embrace Ideas That Don't Work
A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers, offers the most comprehensive picture yet of educational misconceptions in the wild.
open.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
*NEW POST* The Enduring Persistence of Neuromyths in Education
A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers provides one of the most detailed snapshots to date.
Fantastic work from @juanfernandez.bsky.social @ferreromar.bsky.social and colleagues
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers provides one of the most detailed snapshots to date.
Fantastic work from @juanfernandez.bsky.social @ferreromar.bsky.social and colleagues
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
I didn't post an update on my Substack this week, but I'm back on Monday with the third and final post on my series on transfer in education. firth.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I didn't post an update on my Substack this week, but I'm back on Monday with the third and final post on my series on transfer in education. firth.substack.com
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The Education Committee wants to understand what is needed to secure a sustainable financial future for the Higher Education sector.
Share your views: committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...
Share your views: committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...
June 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Education Committee wants to understand what is needed to secure a sustainable financial future for the Higher Education sector.
Share your views: committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...
Share your views: committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...
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I’m delighted to say that @edpsy.bsky.social has just published my article about @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-dartp.bsky.social @theatp.bsky.social on its blog! 🎉 @edpsydan.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to do this! edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/th...
The BPS Teachers’ toolkit – how and why it is improving pre-university education. - edpsy.org.uk
The BPS Teachers’ Toolkit provides a curated range of high quality resources to support teachers of all specifications and levels....
edpsy.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I’m delighted to say that @edpsy.bsky.social has just published my article about @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-dartp.bsky.social @theatp.bsky.social on its blog! 🎉 @edpsydan.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to do this! edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/th...
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What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.
May 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.
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Today we're thrilled to publish our latest piece: @abbykirby.bsky.social on her work teaching fic writing to middle schoolers! "It invites students not just to analyze the role of a text, but to partake in its deconstruction and recreation on their own terms." Read or listen to an audio version:
Bringing Fanfiction Into the Classroom — Fansplaining
Fic does something that my traditional English classes cannot: it places the power in the hands of the student.
www.fansplaining.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Today we're thrilled to publish our latest piece: @abbykirby.bsky.social on her work teaching fic writing to middle schoolers! "It invites students not just to analyze the role of a text, but to partake in its deconstruction and recreation on their own terms." Read or listen to an audio version:
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The Bell Ringer is launching a book club, and I'd love for you to join us! The first book, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking, comes from experts like Dylan Wiliam and Paul Kirschner and is free to download. We start June 2! Get info here: hollykorbey.substack.com/p/join-the-b...
May 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Bell Ringer is launching a book club, and I'd love for you to join us! The first book, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking, comes from experts like Dylan Wiliam and Paul Kirschner and is free to download. We start June 2! Get info here: hollykorbey.substack.com/p/join-the-b...
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Essentially *all* research and expert assessments show that this does not work. It will not counter Farage, but literally push votes towards Reform.
It genuinely is impossible to overstate how profoundly stupid and strategically illiterate this decision is.
You cannot out-Reform Reform.
It genuinely is impossible to overstate how profoundly stupid and strategically illiterate this decision is.
You cannot out-Reform Reform.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.
Starmer Plots Harder Line on Migration to Counter Farage Threat
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.
bloom.bg
May 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Essentially *all* research and expert assessments show that this does not work. It will not counter Farage, but literally push votes towards Reform.
It genuinely is impossible to overstate how profoundly stupid and strategically illiterate this decision is.
You cannot out-Reform Reform.
It genuinely is impossible to overstate how profoundly stupid and strategically illiterate this decision is.
You cannot out-Reform Reform.
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Scam-busting investigative journalist @nickstapleton.tv exposes the AI-generated books being sold on Amazon. Taken from the upcoming summer edition of The SoA's magazine, The Author. #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
societyofauthors.org/2025/05/02/t...
societyofauthors.org/2025/05/02/t...
The rise of the AIthor - The Society of Authors
Scam-busting investigative journalist Nick Stapleton exposes the AI-generated books being sold on Amazon
societyofauthors.org
May 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Scam-busting investigative journalist @nickstapleton.tv exposes the AI-generated books being sold on Amazon. Taken from the upcoming summer edition of The SoA's magazine, The Author. #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
societyofauthors.org/2025/05/02/t...
societyofauthors.org/2025/05/02/t...
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Huge shout out to @jwfirth.bsky.social. I just interviewed him about some of the key ideas in his book. I can’t recommend subscribing to his newsletter enough!
May 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Huge shout out to @jwfirth.bsky.social. I just interviewed him about some of the key ideas in his book. I can’t recommend subscribing to his newsletter enough!
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Is Metacognition Too Complex for Teachers? This question is posed by @jwfirth.bsky.social who then presents 5 simple statements to help all of us, not just teachers, better understand the concept. #EduSky
If I were him, I'd add one bullet about metacognitive skills.
open.substack.com/pub/firth/p/...
If I were him, I'd add one bullet about metacognitive skills.
open.substack.com/pub/firth/p/...
April 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Is Metacognition Too Complex for Teachers? This question is posed by @jwfirth.bsky.social who then presents 5 simple statements to help all of us, not just teachers, better understand the concept. #EduSky
If I were him, I'd add one bullet about metacognitive skills.
open.substack.com/pub/firth/p/...
If I were him, I'd add one bullet about metacognitive skills.
open.substack.com/pub/firth/p/...
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Thank you Sir @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social for acknowledging in today’s Parliamentary Debate on AI that #Metatheft of authors' copyright-protected works was ‘patently wrong’. #MetaBookThieves
April 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thank you Sir @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social for acknowledging in today’s Parliamentary Debate on AI that #Metatheft of authors' copyright-protected works was ‘patently wrong’. #MetaBookThieves
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This is a chance to support Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in their bid to survive. Why not buy just one book - there's loads in their online shop at affordable prices.
March 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is a chance to support Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in their bid to survive. Why not buy just one book - there's loads in their online shop at affordable prices.
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4 reasons why wait times could be cut short in the classroom are:
📈 The Action Bias
🦸♂️ The Superman Complex
🧠 The Curse of Expertise
🤔 Misconceptions about what learning looks like
To learn what these are and how they would affect you, click here 🡇
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/why-tea...
📈 The Action Bias
🦸♂️ The Superman Complex
🧠 The Curse of Expertise
🤔 Misconceptions about what learning looks like
To learn what these are and how they would affect you, click here 🡇
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/why-tea...
April 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
4 reasons why wait times could be cut short in the classroom are:
📈 The Action Bias
🦸♂️ The Superman Complex
🧠 The Curse of Expertise
🤔 Misconceptions about what learning looks like
To learn what these are and how they would affect you, click here 🡇
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/why-tea...
📈 The Action Bias
🦸♂️ The Superman Complex
🧠 The Curse of Expertise
🤔 Misconceptions about what learning looks like
To learn what these are and how they would affect you, click here 🡇
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/why-tea...
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I am reading the new book by the Facebook / Meta whistleblower - Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.
Interesting bit where she says that the big tech bosses all push their products on other people's kids but refuse to let their own kids use them.
Interesting bit where she says that the big tech bosses all push their products on other people's kids but refuse to let their own kids use them.
April 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I am reading the new book by the Facebook / Meta whistleblower - Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.
Interesting bit where she says that the big tech bosses all push their products on other people's kids but refuse to let their own kids use them.
Interesting bit where she says that the big tech bosses all push their products on other people's kids but refuse to let their own kids use them.
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Interested in learning more about attention contagion & how it impacts learning?
1. My book goes into great detail about this phenomenon. tinyurl.com/27myuev6
2. Check out the full 'improving attention' course through
@innerdrive.bsky.social's Teacher CPD Academy.
t.co/4wRZTZvTaN
#eduksky
1. My book goes into great detail about this phenomenon. tinyurl.com/27myuev6
2. Check out the full 'improving attention' course through
@innerdrive.bsky.social's Teacher CPD Academy.
t.co/4wRZTZvTaN
#eduksky
April 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Interested in learning more about attention contagion & how it impacts learning?
1. My book goes into great detail about this phenomenon. tinyurl.com/27myuev6
2. Check out the full 'improving attention' course through
@innerdrive.bsky.social's Teacher CPD Academy.
t.co/4wRZTZvTaN
#eduksky
1. My book goes into great detail about this phenomenon. tinyurl.com/27myuev6
2. Check out the full 'improving attention' course through
@innerdrive.bsky.social's Teacher CPD Academy.
t.co/4wRZTZvTaN
#eduksky
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You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
March 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing