The science of learning: Why all learning is emotional and social YouTube video by CANDLE

"Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang discusses what the science of learning is and why learning is social, emotional, and cognitive all at once."

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Much more holistic than most of what I see on social media 👏👏👏

The academics who helped breathe new life into Notre-Dame Five years after a devastating fire, the Paris cathedral has finally reopened, with the help of a vast team of researchers

'When Notre-Dame reopened on 7 December, it was thanks, in part, to the efforts of 175 researchers with expertise across a range of disciplines: acoustics, art, data, history, archaeology, anthropology.' Example of why blue-skies research matters for 'real-life' problems we've not yet imagined. 1/2

🤣 love that!!!

I understood 🤩 I just find so much noise that amounts to half truths and cherry picking being shouted from the rooftops and the actual scientific truths not heard/listened/understood. Maybe it’s agenda setting ??? … but I would have thought everyone would want young people to flourish 😢 **sigh**

Great discussion thread … lots of rich questions to ponder… not least ‘what is the purpose of education?’ and then what follows needs to be driven with that intent.

"Such poorly planned play keeps children busy but does not support their development: their hands and bodies are active, but their minds are not."

Long quote about learning and memory which emphasises Ofsted's narrow views about learning.

For those of you who might not be aware of the nonsense Ofsted have recently published, here is the bit about play plus a bonus 'learning = memory' section to show you that this is indeed their narrative.

This is something I see a lot of people claiming. How can the truth about what learning is, how it happens and why it happens drown out this kind of noise?

Effective pedagogy must first of all be affective pedagogy. Just saying.

In the words of neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino Yang “it is literally neurobiologically impossible to think deeply about things that you don't care about.” Make learning matter.

We have so much to learn about schooling, learning, & kids from every field. It doesn't make much sense, IMO, to draw a bubble of authority around a narrow set of practices and call *that* The Science of Learning.

Blakemore Lab The Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group is based at the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, UK. Our research focuses on the development of social cognition, peer influence ...

I’m new to BSky so thought I’d introduce our work. In my lab at the University of Cambridge, we study the development of the #adolescent brain, cognition, social behaviour and mental health. You can find our papers, talks, interviews and more here: sites.google.com/site/blakemo...

Well deserved … please keep doing what you do!

I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to have been awarded the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience mid-career award (and happy to know that I am still officially mid-career!)

I know and yet I see so much apathy … even worse climate crisis deniers … makes no sense whatsoever!!!

Devastating … if this isn’t a yet another wake up call? Where is the compassion, the agency, the urgency, the innovation…..?

Frightening but true.

Seems to me like education is getting pretty close to renaming learning as 'retrieval practice'. 😐

(Meanwhile I will keep saying that learning doesn't = memory. In my opinion learning is about understanding in action.)

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This quote is one of the most profound I’ve read in a very long time!

Image of brains in jars sitting on shelves in a science lab

There Is No Such Thing As "The Science of Learning": "Schooling does not happen to brains separate from bodies, society, culture, or purpose; separate from the full experience of being human. Kids are also not brains-in-jars."

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Developmental Psychology starter pack! I've included people doing child/adolescent research and as well as a few lifespan folks.

Please share widely, and let me know if there is anyone who should be added!

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#DevPsych #DevSci #PsychSciSky

I've just finished teaching the topic of migration to my GCSE classes. Helping them see the truth & evidence behind the slogans, and to develop empathy, are key components to how I teach this topic.

This heart-rending video reminds me why it's so important that teachers handle this topic well.

Cover of Emotions, Learning, and the Brain

"When educators fail to appreciate the importance of students' emotions, they fail to appreciate a critical force in students' learning. One could argue, in fact, that they fail to appreciate the very reason that students learn at all." - Dr Mary Helen Immordino-Yang #EduSky