Carl Hendrick
@carlhendrick.substack.com
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Cognitive automation for teachers poses the very same problems that cognitive automation poses for students. Astute observations here on how the cult of efficiency runs counter to just about everything we know about learning.
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
OpenAI have just released ChatGPT for Teachers which I have just spent the morning looking at it and I have concerns.
carlhendrick.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Cognitive automation for teachers poses the very same problems that cognitive automation poses for students. Astute observations here on how the cult of efficiency runs counter to just about everything we know about learning.
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What do teachers lose in terms of subject and pedagogical knowledge when they don't plan curriculum and lessons themselves?
One of many great questions posed by @carlhendrick.substack.com in this super review of the not-so-super offering from ChatGPT.
One of many great questions posed by @carlhendrick.substack.com in this super review of the not-so-super offering from ChatGPT.
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
OpenAI have just released ChatGPT for Teachers which I have just spent the morning looking at it and I have concerns.
carlhendrick.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What do teachers lose in terms of subject and pedagogical knowledge when they don't plan curriculum and lessons themselves?
One of many great questions posed by @carlhendrick.substack.com in this super review of the not-so-super offering from ChatGPT.
One of many great questions posed by @carlhendrick.substack.com in this super review of the not-so-super offering from ChatGPT.
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I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
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This ought to be compulsory reading for HE managers. Gen AI might not always be the answer !
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
OpenAI have just released ChatGPT for Teachers which I have just spent the morning looking at it and I have concerns.
carlhendrick.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This ought to be compulsory reading for HE managers. Gen AI might not always be the answer !
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Very useful review by @carlhendrick.substack.com on ChatGPT for Teachers. Unfortunately, the current iteration is pedagogically unsound and informed by various EduMyths (e.g. learning styles). But there are opportunities, not least designing spaced practice: carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
OpenAI have just released ChatGPT for Teachers which I have just spent the morning looking at it and I have concerns.
carlhendrick.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Very useful review by @carlhendrick.substack.com on ChatGPT for Teachers. Unfortunately, the current iteration is pedagogically unsound and informed by various EduMyths (e.g. learning styles). But there are opportunities, not least designing spaced practice: carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
OpenAI have just released ChatGPT for Teachers which I have just spent the morning looking at it and I have concerns.
carlhendrick.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
ChatGPT for teachers has launched. A landing page has a series of suggested tasks such as curriculum planning, reviewing work with a rubric. I'd like to see a robust study on the the following:
chatgpt.com/use-cases/hi...
chatgpt.com/use-cases/hi...
ChatGPT for high school teachers
Teachers from across the U.S. shared chats they use for lesson planning, research, and administrative tasks.
Tap a chat to get started.
chatgpt.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
ChatGPT for teachers has launched. A landing page has a series of suggested tasks such as curriculum planning, reviewing work with a rubric. I'd like to see a robust study on the the following:
chatgpt.com/use-cases/hi...
chatgpt.com/use-cases/hi...
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Such important lenses to apply when planning.
So many useful points that I could see apply to physics teaching.
Thanks @carlhendrick.substack.com
#iteachphysics
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-does-t...
So many useful points that I could see apply to physics teaching.
Thanks @carlhendrick.substack.com
#iteachphysics
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-does-t...
Why Does Thinking Feel So Hard?
Effort Feels Costly When the Brain Can't Detect Progress
carlhendrick.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Such important lenses to apply when planning.
So many useful points that I could see apply to physics teaching.
Thanks @carlhendrick.substack.com
#iteachphysics
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-does-t...
So many useful points that I could see apply to physics teaching.
Thanks @carlhendrick.substack.com
#iteachphysics
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-does-t...
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"genAI is a great tool for learners that are actually seeking to learn, but it is also a great tool for students who just want to pass without too much learning"
Words of @hruizmartin.bsky.social last Friday at #researchED_Madrid
Motivation is key too.
Words of @hruizmartin.bsky.social last Friday at #researchED_Madrid
Motivation is key too.
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"genAI is a great tool for learners that are actually seeking to learn, but it is also a great tool for students who just want to pass without too much learning"
Words of @hruizmartin.bsky.social last Friday at #researchED_Madrid
Motivation is key too.
Words of @hruizmartin.bsky.social last Friday at #researchED_Madrid
Motivation is key too.
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I've got emerging ideas about how we can learn from AI processes in education and @carlhendrick.substack.com keeps posting things that make them emerge more. I'll write something on it all once I've got Sofonisba Anguissola out of my head.
A new paper argues that current generative AI tools offer little benefit for genuine learning unless students already have substantial prior knowledge. genAI gives probabilistic summaries, not the kind of support that builds expertise.
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I've got emerging ideas about how we can learn from AI processes in education and @carlhendrick.substack.com keeps posting things that make them emerge more. I'll write something on it all once I've got Sofonisba Anguissola out of my head.
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Thinking about problem solving, it's unavoidable that it feels hard. If it's not hard, it might not be a problem at all. This theory, then, aligns with the idea of problem solving being naturally frustrating. The brain is trying to avoid doing something that has to be done, that's frustrating.
Why does the brain avoid the very work that helps it most? A new theory of effort suggests thinking feels hard because the brain often can’t see what it’s gaining.
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thinking about problem solving, it's unavoidable that it feels hard. If it's not hard, it might not be a problem at all. This theory, then, aligns with the idea of problem solving being naturally frustrating. The brain is trying to avoid doing something that has to be done, that's frustrating.
A new paper argues that current generative AI tools offer little benefit for genuine learning unless students already have substantial prior knowledge. genAI gives probabilistic summaries, not the kind of support that builds expertise.
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A new paper argues that current generative AI tools offer little benefit for genuine learning unless students already have substantial prior knowledge. genAI gives probabilistic summaries, not the kind of support that builds expertise.
Why does the brain avoid the very work that helps it most? A new theory of effort suggests thinking feels hard because the brain often can’t see what it’s gaining.
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Why does the brain avoid the very work that helps it most? A new theory of effort suggests thinking feels hard because the brain often can’t see what it’s gaining.
New study on motivation: classrooms where mastery goals are normal seem to produce students whose perseverance grows instead of fading. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
New study on motivation: classrooms where mastery goals are normal seem to produce students whose perseverance grows instead of fading. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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✍️ Metacognition: 5 key changes in the new EEF report
🧠 @theeef.bsky.social recently updated their popular metacognition report.
🤔 But what are the key changes, and the new tools and resources for schools?
📖 READ NOW: buff.ly/ToCxriX
🧠 @theeef.bsky.social recently updated their popular metacognition report.
🤔 But what are the key changes, and the new tools and resources for schools?
📖 READ NOW: buff.ly/ToCxriX
Metacognition: 5 key changes in the new EEF report
The EEF has published an updated version of its popular metacognition guidance. But what's changed?
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
✍️ Metacognition: 5 key changes in the new EEF report
🧠 @theeef.bsky.social recently updated their popular metacognition report.
🤔 But what are the key changes, and the new tools and resources for schools?
📖 READ NOW: buff.ly/ToCxriX
🧠 @theeef.bsky.social recently updated their popular metacognition report.
🤔 But what are the key changes, and the new tools and resources for schools?
📖 READ NOW: buff.ly/ToCxriX
Short form video use such as TikTok, Reels and Shorts is reliably linked with poorer attention and worse mental health, although most evidence is correlational rather than causal (but 70 large studies all point the same way). psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Short form video use such as TikTok, Reels and Shorts is reliably linked with poorer attention and worse mental health, although most evidence is correlational rather than causal (but 70 large studies all point the same way). psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
I keep seeing spacing being discussed as if it's a strategy. It's not a strategy it's scheduling. The important thing about spaced practice is not the spacing, it's what is being spaced out.
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I keep seeing spacing being discussed as if it's a strategy. It's not a strategy it's scheduling. The important thing about spaced practice is not the spacing, it's what is being spaced out.
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Why a generation of kids are learning to read everything except books. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-defence...
November 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Why a generation of kids are learning to read everything except books. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-defence...
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Why a generation of kids are learning to read everything except books. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-defence...
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Against reading instruction that produces adults who can read but never do.
Why a generation of kids are learning to read everything except books. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-defence...
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Against reading instruction that produces adults who can read but never do.
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An excellent long-form response to this Shanahan blog by @carlhendrick.substack.com.
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
November 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
An excellent long-form response to this Shanahan blog by @carlhendrick.substack.com.
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
Why a generation of kids are learning to read everything except books. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-defence...
November 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Why a generation of kids are learning to read everything except books. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-defence...
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Teacher/Admin friends: important thoughts about learning, education, and "AI"/Large Language models from @carlhendrick.substack.com !
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...
#AI #Edusky #TeachLearnsky
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...
#AI #Edusky #TeachLearnsky
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Teacher/Admin friends: important thoughts about learning, education, and "AI"/Large Language models from @carlhendrick.substack.com !
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...
#AI #Edusky #TeachLearnsky
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...
#AI #Edusky #TeachLearnsky
If you're triggered by Neuro-bullshit then brace yourself www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpdV...
NeuroLingo Headset+Flashcards Demo
YouTube video by General Neuro
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November 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If you're triggered by Neuro-bullshit then brace yourself www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpdV...