Associate Professor in Educational Psychology | Views my own
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined July 2015
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You can try deflecting questions with a general comment such as, 'I'm happy enough!' @penny_vb @Macquarie_Uni @waikato @UOW theconversation.com/year-12-…
Memory is one of the most misunderstood phenomena in science. Everything you know is held in memory - conceptual understanding, strategies, autobiographical recollections deeply personal to who you are …
Do you have a child who always forgets or loses things?
@celia_harris and I break down the memory phenomena at play and some tips for parents and teachers
Doing everything for your child robs them of an opportunity to learn. Here are the dos and don'ts. @celia_harris @penny_vb @Macquarie_Uni @westernsydneyu theconversation.com/my-child…
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 :)
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‘A kind of monster’: Why does everyone hate universities? - excellent article from @JordsBaker
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35 years after the beginning of HECS, Skye Predavec finds that students are paying much more for much less #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/po…
My views on why politicians need to consult topic experts to ensure policymaking in education is well founded and evidence-informed.
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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-…
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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-ty… via @ConversationEDU
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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 💪
On the importance of evidence in education with @ryanme19 and @deborahyoudell
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Penny Van Bergen retweeted
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 deeper knowledge through a range of proven strategies.
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@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-…
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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.
Penny Van Bergen retweeted
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.
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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.
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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.👇
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