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Greg Ashman
@gregashman.bsky.social
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School leader who teaches a bit. PhD in Instructional Design. Writer. Podcasted for a bit. Honorary Fellow. Views entirely my own. Ballarat. fillingthepail.substack.com
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 17h
NEW FREE POST Part three of my series on arguments against explicit teaching

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Five arguments against explicit teaching
#3 Explicit teaching kills teacher creativity and autonomy
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researchED Australia @researchedaus.bsky.social · 1d
ANNOUNCING Brendan Lee
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 4d
NEW CURIOS Free section discusses an instructional hierarchy and a demon headteacher

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Curios of the week #136
Everything you need to know about education right now
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researchED Australia @researchedaus.bsky.social · 5d
ANNOUNCING Bruno Reddy
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researchED Australia @researchedaus.bsky.social · 6d
ANNOUNCING Rebecca Birch
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researchED Australia @researchedaus.bsky.social · 6d
ANNOUNCING Natalie Wexler and Pamela Snow
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 11d
NEW CURIOS Free section discusses the work of Roland Fryer

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Curios of the week #135
Everything you need to know about education right now
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 13d
ANNOUNCING Natalie Wexler and Pamela Snow
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 13d
NEW FREE POST Five arguments against explicit teaching

#2 Creativity and other higher order skills

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Five arguments against explicit teaching
#2 Creativity and other higher order skills
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Peter Steidinger @psteidinger.bsky.social · 18d
"I utterly reject this depressing idea of science education". I agree. It is also depressing to see the hubris inherent in this attitude.
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 18d
NEW CURIOS Free section discusses the suggestion that the goal of science education should be to develop ‘informed agency’

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Curios of the week #134
Everything you need to know about education right now
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 21d
NEW FREE POST Five arguments against explicit teaching

#1 Rote memorisation versus deeper understanding

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Five arguments against explicit teaching
#1 Rote memorisation versus deeper understanding
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 25d
NEW CURIOS Free preview includes a discussion of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the implications for free speech.

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Curios of the week #133
Everything you need to know about education right now
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Sep 12
NEW CURIOS In the free preview, I discuss Australia’s proposed Teaching and Learning Commission. I also tackle discovery learning in California, the mechanism behind spaced practice and more.

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Curios of the week #132
Everything you need to know about education right now
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Jessica Colleu Terradas CF @jessicacolleu.bsky.social · Sep 10
Come and join me at the upcoming ResearchED Sydney conference. NOV 1st. Grab your ticket
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Sep 9
researchED Sydney is go!
What better way to spend Saturday 1 November

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researchED Sydney is go!
What better way to spend Saturday 1 November
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Sep 9
researchED Sydney is go!
What better way to spend Saturday 1 November

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researchED Sydney is go!
What better way to spend Saturday 1 November
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Sep 8
NEW FREE POST Behaviourism the Bogeyman
Consequences are a fact of social life

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Behaviourism the Bogeyman
Consequences are a fact of social life
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Sep 5
NEW CURIOS Everything you need to know about education right now and includes a free preview section.

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Curios of the week #131
Everything you need to know about education right now
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Sep 1
NEW FREE POST No, teaching is not always political
That's just a pose

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No, teaching is not always political
That's just a pose
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Aug 31
My new principle
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Aug 29
NEW CURIOS Free section discusses special versus general education researchers.

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Curios of the week #130
Everything you need to know about education right now
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Paul Kirschner @paulkirschner.bsky.social · Aug 26
The newest 'hype' (or not): Predictive processing
Here an analysis by @gregashman.bsky.social
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Predictive processing
The successor to cognitive load theory?
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Aug 22
NEW CURIOS Free section discusses a recent youcubed video about teaching mathematics.

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Curios of the week #129
Clippings, endnotes and other ephemera
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Aug 19
NEW FREE POST The pseudoscience of learning
How to spot it in the education debate

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The pseudoscience of learning
How to spot it in the education debate
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · Aug 19
You think that’s what the redundancy effect would say?
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