Dr Madeleine Pownall
@maddipow.bsky.social
Associate Professor. Keen bean. Writer. Pedagogy, psychology, reflexivity, open science, iced lattes. ABSENT MINDS coming May 2026📘. She/her 🌻
Oh I LOVE the sound of this. Such important work
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Oh I LOVE the sound of this. Such important work
Reposted by Dr Madeleine Pownall
Asking researchers to be mindful of their citational practices isn't a threat to academic freedom, and it isn't censorship. It's good academic practice
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Asking researchers to be mindful of their citational practices isn't a threat to academic freedom, and it isn't censorship. It's good academic practice
Thank you for writing/leading such an important paper. It’s inspired so much of my thinking
October 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Thank you for writing/leading such an important paper. It’s inspired so much of my thinking
I’m riled up in defence of humanness in Higher Education and there’s more I want to say but hold that thought and I’ll be back with a proper written commentary about this soon
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I’m riled up in defence of humanness in Higher Education and there’s more I want to say but hold that thought and I’ll be back with a proper written commentary about this soon
Inspired a lot by @ginnybraun.bsky.social, I also talked about how AI can be depriving us of learning, connection, and even (dare I say) joy. For example, what do we miss if we outsource our assessment & feedback of student work to AI? What are we depriving ourselves of? What a waste and a shame
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Inspired a lot by @ginnybraun.bsky.social, I also talked about how AI can be depriving us of learning, connection, and even (dare I say) joy. For example, what do we miss if we outsource our assessment & feedback of student work to AI? What are we depriving ourselves of? What a waste and a shame
We also talked about how we have a duty to resist where we can and need to. There was a conversation in the Q&A about “well that’s life, universities are dehumanising, everything is metricised, what can you do” and I think we can do a lot. If we can reform science (a bit) we can reform education too
October 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We also talked about how we have a duty to resist where we can and need to. There was a conversation in the Q&A about “well that’s life, universities are dehumanising, everything is metricised, what can you do” and I think we can do a lot. If we can reform science (a bit) we can reform education too
We spoke about how humanising pedagogies (like psychological literacy) that prompt students to “bring themselves” to their learning, rather than sanitising and commodifying education through AI, can be a way to resist dehumanising systems in Higher Education
October 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
We spoke about how humanising pedagogies (like psychological literacy) that prompt students to “bring themselves” to their learning, rather than sanitising and commodifying education through AI, can be a way to resist dehumanising systems in Higher Education