Penny Van Bergen
@Penny_VB
Associate Professor in Educational Psychology | Views my own
I'm putting my money where my mouth is and dipping my toes into academic blogging. This may be a disastrous failure or slow success, time will tell. If you're interested in the cognitive science/psychology in education, please join me :) open.substack.com/pub/brainandle…
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Expert insights from a cognitive scientist and head of a School of Education, who could not be more qualified to have an opinion on the debate about initial teacher education in Australia. Thank you @Penny_VB educationhq.com/news/ite-unfai…
‘A kind of monster’: Why does everyone hate universities? - excellent article from @JordsBaker smh.com.au/national/a-kin…
35 years after the beginning of HECS, Skye Predavec finds that students are paying much more for much less #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/at-austra…
My views on why politicians need to consult topic experts to ensure policymaking in education is well founded and evidence-informed. blog.aare.edu.au/turning-away-f…
If you have a child born at the start of the year, chances are you face a tricky decision about when to start school. @penny_vb @NaomiSweller @Macquarie_Uni theconversation.com/parents-delay-…
Wondering if laptops or pen and paper is better for note-taking? Find out more from our Conversation piece led by the amazing @Penny_VB theconversation.com/which-type-of-… via @ConversationEDU
Sorry, 198/260 public sector psychiatrists in NSW have tendered their resignation & it’s not all front page headline? Do people (& the government) understand what a catastrophe this is… if 76% of public cardiologists or surgeons quit, imagine the landscape? Solidarity to NSW 💪
Finally, the paper makes a nice emphasis on elaboration which is should be a key focus for any school teaching and learning policy. Again, cognitive science emphasises focussing on the underlying meaning of concepts and the best ways of storing, retrieving and utilising that…
"Academic research comes with some important tests of rigour, including peer-review, independent ethics oversight, a global system of ranking journals to separate the robust from the "paper mills", and editorial review boards."
@celia_harris & @Penny_VB suggest vicarious memories—memories for events we did not personally experience but that are told to us by others—arise from complex and dynamic #memory sharing process. Read the full commentary: bit.ly/3LLOoxS @OfficialSARMAC
Great article by @SallyLars_27 - maybe teachers aren’t doing so badly after all 🤷♀️ theconversation.com/are-the-latest…
We have good news and bad news. Bad news! We have to make hard choices to close the gap on a $1 billion budget deficit. Good news! We’ve hired outside consultant firm Deloitte to teach us how to engage with campus stakeholders.
Today, Cognitive Resonance is releasing a new guide titled Education Hazards of Generative AI. This free resource clarifies common misconceptions about how AI works and warns against misuses of this technology in education. Please share this widely. cognitiveresonance.net/resources.html
Lots of cool stuff in the comments and responses
I am a mathematician and physicist. I've been working on consciousness for ≈7 years. I think that the problem of consciousness is much harder to understand than general relativity and and quantum field theory, combined. Please learn #ConSci before solving AI consciousness.
Perhaps it is problematic to apply teaching strategies from one context and subject to others. 🤔 This paper is interesting as it has similar findings to the follow up research of some process-product studies.👇 bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/be…
This article looks really interesting for those interested in retrieval practice base rates in (UK) classroom settings
Here is the first. I have 2 more to write 🤣 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mb…
You could see the way policy was creating huge housing risks under both govts 15-20 years ago, but young ppl at the time were painted as selfish and impatient (flatscreen tvs and avocado toast anyone?) I really feel for young people now who have it tougher again.
In the 1980s, the average house cost four times the median national income. Now it costs nine times. Young people are losing hope of ever owning their own home, while more and more older Australians are now at risk of homelessness. The major parties got us into the housing…
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