Fantastic read for a Saturday morning:
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07.03.2026 06:38
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Fantastic read for a Saturday morning:
by @bernardandrews.bsky.social
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This is an important and good interview, regardless of one's opinions on what the prof says.
"I’ve been quite swept up by the autism spectrum idea, and it’s only in the past 10 years or so that I have felt things have gone too far, and very slowly I have come to say, 'No, this is not right'"
Autism expert professor Uta Frith talks to @helen-amass.bsky.social
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The most important part of the White Paper will be *how* decisions are going to be made about which support is effective and who should get it. In the end, that’s the crux of any SEND reform.
The other day, @agittner.bsky.social prompted me to describe how I would teach a concept.
I found it almost impossible.
And, it had me wondering why, a full time biology teacher, head of biology, & someone who has written so much on biology education, couldn't do it easily.
Here's my answer 🧵
Yes, I can see that. I was discussing Simone Weil's view of education with @bennewmark.bsky.social recently and that's basically the method she suggests for learning. Being patient and humble enough to simply reject the wrong answer.
A tough but incredibly rewarding book for me is Maturana's The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love.
It paints a very different picture from this. Humans are a loving species who get physically ill when deprived of it.
I declare this book finished.
It's been intense. So much editing. This is the most important work I've written.
As far as I'm aware, the first book for general teachers that's deeply rooted in *enactive* cognitive science.
Teaching Meaning: What Works When Telling Isn't Enough
Out soon!
Thank you!
Bei @bernardandrews.bsky.social gibt es immer Interessantes zu lesen. Ein "Bookmark" für seine Seite wäre meine Empfehlung:
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Und ja, Bildung braucht die Philosophie ganz dringend.
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Beide Artikel zeigen, inwiefern die "Cognitive Sciences" einem Szientismus verfallen, wenn sie meinen, die Grenzen ihres Gegenstandes überschreiten zu müssen (etwas vereinfacht gesagt...). 2/2
Interessanter Artikel von @bernardandrews.bsky.social zum Problem mit Modellen wie "Predicitve Processing", der auf einem anderen Artiekl aufbau, nämlich... 1/2
Any RTs would be gratefully received.
In this post, I trace the idea that we can ‘reverse engineer’ the mind back to its roots in Kant’s transcendental arguments and argue that the idea doesn't make as much sense as it might first appear.
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The 'Predictive processing' theory is a zombie-ant fungus.
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On why Engelmann's theory doesn't make sense and how it can be improved.
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On why Engelmann's theory doesn't make sense and how it can be improved.
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Really nice post from @bernardandrews.bsky.social
#EduSky #UKEd
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A major problem with the EduCognitivist revolution was trying to algorithmise teaching.
Algorithms are such thin rules that they can only ever work in a tightly controlled environment (no exceptions).
Therefore, to allow their algorithms to work, they also had to homogenise students & classrooms.
Lots of food for thought here.
Last time for this. Section 57 of the 1944 Butler Act formalised a horrible prejudice: that some people are incapable of being educated. It is a prejudice we have failed to properly address.
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SEN are a property of the eudcators not the educated.
A new substack post in which I argue that Special Education policy should never have focussed on what the child *needs* to be educated, but instead on what the LEA *needs* to educate the child.
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Ah thanks for the pointer! (That's how social media can be a very useful thing!) I'm just working my way through these sorts of things. Writing up my thoughts as I go.
SEN are a property of the eudcators not the educated.
A new substack post in which I argue that Special Education policy should never have focussed on what the child *needs* to be educated, but instead on what the LEA *needs* to educate the child.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
SEN are a property of the eudcators not the educated.
A new substack post in which I argue that Special Education policy should never have focussed on what the child *needs* to be educated, but instead on what the LEA *needs* to educate the child.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
Wacky idea #1000: it has never been the children that have special educational needs, it's the LEAs!
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Wacky idea #1000: it has never been the children that have special educational needs, it's the LEAs!
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
