A Festival of Education 🇬🇧 thread 🧵. We at InnerDrive are very excited to have been asked to curate the cognitive science strand at next weeks Education Festival. Here is who you can hear from over the 2 days…

Claire Badger and Jonathan Firth will be talking about cognitive science and creativity. Creativity and cognitive science are often assumed to be in opposition, but this talk will illustrate that a reconciliation is both possible and necessary

via Jonathan Firth '.'..challenges and difficulties are important for creativity... a wonderful paper on the link between constraints and creativity: Tromp, C., & Baer, J. (2022). Creativity from constraints: Theory and applications to education. Thinking Skills and Creativity

How do we teach students to write better? And why is that important? We asked "The Writing Game" author, @mrrobinhardman. Here are his 7 tips to better writing instruction ⤵️ bit.ly/3XBFha7

Speaking as part of the Cognitive Science strand at #EducationFest today! See some of you there. Our session focuses on CogSci + creativity and starts at 2:45pm. Postal votes ftw!

As part of my next book on Metacognition with John Catt Educational from Hachette Learning I have developed a framework and strategies to teach cogsci principles to students in a meaningful way. I’ll be sharing all of this during my talk today Festival of Education 🇬🇧 in the Old Gym at 2:45. Evidence Based Education #EducationFest

Rounding out day 1 of the Cognitive Science strand at the #EducationFest are Claire Badger & Jonathan Firth, talking about the fascinating link between creativity and Cognitive Science 🧠

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¡Nuevo trabajo de investigación! Marta Ferrero @ferreromar.bsky.social,Fernando Blanco 🦋 ✂️🍕 y un servidor analizamos la relación entre las estrategias de aprendizaje de 3414 estudiantes de Secundaria y su desempeño académico. También buscamos asociaciones con algunas de sus creencias y actitudes frente al aprendizaje.

Aquí os dejo el enlace al trabajo recién publicado, donde encontraréis todas las referencias oportunas: …itiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

Desirable difficulties increase challenge in a way that is useful and pedagogically appropriate. Jonathan Firth Dr Nasima Riazat Corwin Strategies For Bringing 'Desirable Difficulty' Into Learning kqed.org/mindshift/6373…

Delighted to announce the line up for St Andrew's Secondary School Learning and Teaching Festival on Friday 11 October 🎉🎉🎉 Louise Hayward Ollie Bray Michael Conlon Kirsten Colquhoun (Col-hoon) @lancslassrach Jonathan Firth Gen+ Mears Group Mrs Paton (Miss McGinlay) Mrs Greeves Mrs Lorenzetti XMA St Andrew's CLPL

A wonderful day with Louise Hayward Ollie Bray Michael Conlon Jonathan Firth Kirsten Colquhoun (Col-hoon) @lancslassrach Mears Group Gen+ Cooperative Learning Chris Gerrard 🦸‍♂️💻 Callum MacFarlane Douglas Hutchison St Andrew's CLPL Thank you all so much for visiting us 😊 #standrewslearningfestival24

Excited to be part of this event – so soon now! #rEDDE

My first international speaking event LearningMoreFestival. Looking forward to speaking more about the work Jonathan Firth and I have done on creativity. Plus the Italian food of course!