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Paul Cline

@paulclinepsy.bsky.social

Psychology teacher, Director of Teaching & Learning, Instructional Coach. MCCT. Blogger (apsychologyteacherwrites.wordpress.com), , runner. "How to teach Psychology - an evidence informed approach" - coming soon!

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Very nice.

02.03.2026 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exciting new AI project A couple of years ago, Carousel worked with over 50 teachers and researchers to investigate the use of AI in auto-marking student work. That project resulted in the publication of a peer-reviewed pape...

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for teachers to help us with a Top Secret AI project. It will take 35 minutes only, and it should be pretty interesting!

If you teach science, geography, DT, English or psychology (KS5) and can help out click πŸ‘‡

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27.02.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Done. Sounds intriguing!

27.02.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI Targets Location Where Female and Male Brains Differ Scientists trained AI to recognize patterns in brain activity that differ between sexes.

Scientists trained AI to recognize patterns in brain activity that differ between sexes. vist.ly/4syrx

26.02.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very tricksy! Got it from half the wordplay + definition then had to work backwards to figure out the last part.

26.02.2026 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Inclusive exclusions?!

25.02.2026 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That took me a while. First half of the wordplay a bit of a stretch!

24.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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22.02.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Every Child Achieving and Thriving - It happens in the Curriculum What the new Schools White Paper really means for curriculum

Everyone is talking about the structures in the new schools white paper.

But what if the real story is curriculum?

In my latest piece I argue Every Child Achieving and Thriving is fundamentally a curriculum and pedagogy document, not just a reform plan.

23.02.2026 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

See you there for some cryptic chat! (Hopefully will actually make it this year)

22.02.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll be there. Probably talking about supporting SEND students in some way.

It’s always a great event. And it’s in the London which is easy for everyone to get to, right?

22.02.2026 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opening the closed circle: why being wrong helps us find out what's right Falsifiability, pseudoscience and why "it works for me" is a pedagogical dead end

It’s not good enough to say β€œit works for me”. How do you know? What are the criteria by which you’d change your mind? If there are none, you have insulated yourself from reality.
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

19.02.2026 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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CogSciSci London 2026 CogSciSci is taking its talents to Hammersmith this year. That’s right – the world’s greatest CogSciSci conference is back for its characteristic mix of Cognitive Science and science ed…

Hey #Edusky
COGSCISCI 2026 is coming back to London!

Join us for a day of talking all about 'Implementing CogSci in the classroom'

(That's sure to spark some online discussion 🀣)

Fri 29/5/26

Call for speakers: cogscisci.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/c...
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18.02.2026 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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What a question @teachertapp My wife & I both work in the same school. Whether or not that’s a romantic relationship - probably best ask her…

14.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would love to but can't make this one, I'm afraid. Will get there one day, always looks like a great day.

Planning to be at #rEDEastAnglia though!

14.02.2026 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ice-scand-ic?

13.02.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How did I not think of 1?!

13.02.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1. All that she wants. Ace of Base
2. Play dead. Bjork
3. My favourite game. The Cardigans
4. 7 years. Lukas Graham
5. A higher place. Royksopp

#FridayFive has gone Scandi!

13.02.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm 'enjoying' how 'literally' has come to mean the exact opposite. A student said the other day "I literally died."

13.02.2026 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That is πŸ‘Œ

12.02.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't get me wrong - I had some lovely & brilliant teachers, but consistency of lessons was definitely not a feature!

12.02.2026 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My old 6th form! Would love to see what the place is like now, that all sounds very different from when I was there (96-98!)

12.02.2026 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That made me chuckle

11.02.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A core questions curriculum for A-Level psychology The examples and arguments here are taken from my book with Paul Cline:. How to Teach Psychology: An evidence-informed approach. John Catt Educational. Available at All terms in bold represent β€˜ped…

NEW BLOG!

A core questions curriculum for A-Level psychology

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Featuring @carousel-learning.bsky.social @adamboxereducation.bsky.social Tom Millichamp @paulclinepsy.bsky.social

11.02.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Not wild about the definition but have to admire the wordplay/surface here!

11.02.2026 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clever, but more annoying

10.02.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Right, got it with a couple of hints. Wordplay not that tricky really but that definition totally threw me!

10.02.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think that probably was true (certainly my school experience) but we’ve now cottoned onto the idea that doing regular β€˜revision’ (ie retrieval) throughout the year is generally a whole lot more effective than just cramming in the last couple of weeks before exams!

10.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I’d agree with that, mostly. But my 5 yo loves doing her β€˜homework’ such as it is. Just this week she was given a little book to practice writing in & she couldn’t wait to start doing it as soon as she got home!

10.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. And I’m not sure how accurately the article fully represents the research. @drcastelino.bsky.social does a great job reviewing the literature on this in her book & I’m pretty sure the conclusions are more positive in terms of the benefits of homework (albeit with lots of caveats)

10.02.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0