Dr. Jonathan Firth

Some reasonable adjustments may have just become academic misconduct Lots of universities across the UK permit the use of Grammarly in reasonable adjustment plans for disabled students, and some permit it in some circumstances for those whose first language isn't Engli...

Grammarly is now an enemy of education

"Universities risk putting students in impossible positions where they’re simultaneously told they can use a tool and that using certain functions of that tool constitutes cheating."

Seriously, ban it. It's no friend of education
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It's publication day for this beauty, with stories by David Bevan @iancritchley.bsky.social @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, Alison Moore, Okechukwu Nzelu, @simonokotie.bsky.social, C.D. Rose, Iain Sinclair, Naomi Wood, lucky old me! et al. Thank you @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & @saltpublishing.com 🔥

Just bought it as well as the @saltpublishing.com 2025 story anthology. Looking forward to the reads!
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I look forward to reading it v soon (mentioned to my student teachers today too) 📚

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Combining Retrieval Practice and Generative Learning Jonathan Firth's Memory & Metacognition Updates #121

My most recent newsletter is on research into retrieval practice and generative learning firth.substack.com/p/combining-...
A follow-up post on Monday! #education #edusky

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Congrats, sounds brilliant

Beyond Neuromyths: Why Teachers Still Embrace Ideas That Don't Work A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers, offers the most comprehensive picture yet of educational misconceptions in the wild.

*NEW POST* The Enduring Persistence of Neuromyths in Education
A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers provides one of the most detailed snapshots to date.
Fantastic work from @juanfernandez.bsky.social @ferreromar.bsky.social and colleagues

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Congratulations!!! 🥳

The Vital Role of Transfer in Education (Part 2) Jonathan Firth's Memory & Metacognition Updates #115

And this was part 2:
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Thanks for reading!

The Vital Role of Transfer in Education (Part 1) Jonathan Firth's Memory & Metacognition Updates #114

This was part 1:
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An image of the forth rail bridge in scotland, with the title 'the vital role of transfer in education part 3' as a heading

I didn't post an update on my Substack this week, but I'm back on Monday with the third and final post on my series on transfer in education. firth.substack.com

The Education Committee wants to understand what is needed to secure a sustainable financial future for the Higher Education sector.

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The BPS Teachers’ toolkit – how and why it is improving pre-university education. - edpsy.org.uk The BPS Teachers’ Toolkit provides a curated range of high quality resources to support teachers of all specifications and levels....

I’m delighted to say that @edpsy.bsky.social has just published my article about @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-dartp.bsky.social @theatp.bsky.social on its blog! 🎉 @edpsydan.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to do this! edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/th...

Read it last week, really enjoyed it! 📚

What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.

Bringing Fanfiction Into the Classroom — Fansplaining Fic does something that my traditional English classes cannot: it places the power in the hands of the student.

Today we're thrilled to publish our latest piece: @abbykirby.bsky.social on her work teaching fic writing to middle schoolers! "It invites students not just to analyze the role of a text, but to partake in its deconstruction and recreation on their own terms." Read or listen to an audio version:

The Bell Ringer is launching a book club, and I'd love for you to join us! The first book, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking, comes from experts like Dylan Wiliam and Paul Kirschner and is free to download. We start June 2! Get info here: hollykorbey.substack.com/p/join-the-b...

Essentially *all* research and expert assessments show that this does not work. It will not counter Farage, but literally push votes towards Reform.

It genuinely is impossible to overstate how profoundly stupid and strategically illiterate this decision is.

You cannot out-Reform Reform.

The rise of the AIthor - The Society of Authors Scam-busting investigative journalist Nick Stapleton exposes the AI-generated books being sold on Amazon

Scam-busting investigative journalist @nickstapleton.tv exposes the AI-generated books being sold on Amazon. Taken from the upcoming summer edition of The SoA's magazine, The Author. #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
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Thanks so much, Brad! Amazing to chat with you about this.

Huge shout out to @jwfirth.bsky.social. I just interviewed him about some of the key ideas in his book. I can’t recommend subscribing to his newsletter enough!

Many thanks for sharing, Paul!! And very useful suggestion.

Is Metacognition Too Complex for Teachers? This question is posed by @jwfirth.bsky.social who then presents 5 simple statements to help all of us, not just teachers, better understand the concept. #EduSky
If I were him, I'd add one bullet about metacognitive skills.
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Thank you Sir @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social for acknowledging in today’s Parliamentary Debate on AI that #Metatheft of authors' copyright-protected works was ‘patently wrong’. #MetaBookThieves

This is a chance to support Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in their bid to survive. Why not buy just one book - there's loads in their online shop at affordable prices.

Fun :) I got it after taking a letter too!

4 reasons why wait times could be cut short in the classroom are:

📈 The Action Bias
🦸‍♂️ The Superman Complex
🧠 The Curse of Expertise
🤔 Misconceptions about what learning looks like

To learn what these are and how they would affect you, click here 🡇
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