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!
"How to teach Psychology - an evidence informed approach" - coming soon!
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Paul Cline
@paulclinepsy.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Well, this is exciting! @mikehobbiss.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of our book - How to Teach Psychology: An evidence-informed approach
Available for pre-order now!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1915261953/
Available for pre-order now!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1915261953/
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NEW POST
On leadership, autonomy, and the disjoint between "what we say we do" and "what we actually do"
Check it out here and share if you can 🙏🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/autonomy-a...
On leadership, autonomy, and the disjoint between "what we say we do" and "what we actually do"
Check it out here and share if you can 🙏🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/autonomy-a...
Autonomy, authority and anarchy: creating a better school culture
Most schools live with a quiet tension between what’s written in policy and what actually happens in lessons. Getting to grips with this tension is at the heart of creating an improved school culture.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NEW POST
On leadership, autonomy, and the disjoint between "what we say we do" and "what we actually do"
Check it out here and share if you can 🙏🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/autonomy-a...
On leadership, autonomy, and the disjoint between "what we say we do" and "what we actually do"
Check it out here and share if you can 🙏🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/autonomy-a...
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Missing the ATP Conference buzz? ❄️ While we await the 2026 details, revisit the best of 2025!
All breakout resources have been uploaded so you can refresh your teaching for the final push before Christmas! 🎄 Find them in the MyATP area on the website.
#ATPConf25 #TheATP #PsychologyTeacher #CPD
All breakout resources have been uploaded so you can refresh your teaching for the final push before Christmas! 🎄 Find them in the MyATP area on the website.
#ATPConf25 #TheATP #PsychologyTeacher #CPD
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Missing the ATP Conference buzz? ❄️ While we await the 2026 details, revisit the best of 2025!
All breakout resources have been uploaded so you can refresh your teaching for the final push before Christmas! 🎄 Find them in the MyATP area on the website.
#ATPConf25 #TheATP #PsychologyTeacher #CPD
All breakout resources have been uploaded so you can refresh your teaching for the final push before Christmas! 🎄 Find them in the MyATP area on the website.
#ATPConf25 #TheATP #PsychologyTeacher #CPD
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A mixed bag for my #Saturday3 this week. Two blogs by new (to me) bloggers on the minutiae of classroom practice plus an extended think piece that looks at the possibility of AI being able to solve the problem of transmitting the best teaching techniques to future generations.
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A mixed bag for my #Saturday3 this week. Two blogs by new (to me) bloggers on the minutiae of classroom practice plus an extended think piece that looks at the possibility of AI being able to solve the problem of transmitting the best teaching techniques to future generations.
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Thank you to @adamboxereducation.bsky.social
and @laurastam for the final kick of inspiration yesterday morning to get this blog about mini-whiteboards finally out of my head and into the world.
Mini-Whiteboards: A Long-Overdue Rant (and Love Letter)
open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...
and @laurastam for the final kick of inspiration yesterday morning to get this blog about mini-whiteboards finally out of my head and into the world.
Mini-Whiteboards: A Long-Overdue Rant (and Love Letter)
open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...
Mini-Whiteboards: A Long-Overdue Rant (and Love Letter)
A Slice of Primary Leadership
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November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thank you to @adamboxereducation.bsky.social
and @laurastam for the final kick of inspiration yesterday morning to get this blog about mini-whiteboards finally out of my head and into the world.
Mini-Whiteboards: A Long-Overdue Rant (and Love Letter)
open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...
and @laurastam for the final kick of inspiration yesterday morning to get this blog about mini-whiteboards finally out of my head and into the world.
Mini-Whiteboards: A Long-Overdue Rant (and Love Letter)
open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
www.minutecryptic.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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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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My latest for @tesmagazine.bsky.social looks at what happens when teachers try to motivate students through fear appeals:
Attempting to motivate students with warnings like ‘you won’t get a decent job without good GCSEs’ can backfire, says @mrenglishteach.bsky.social – here, he shares some alternative approaches
Do ‘fear appeals’ really motivate students to work harder?
Warning pupils about the consequences of not putting effort into their studies can backfire, writes Mark Roberts, who shares some alternative approaches to motivate classes
www.tes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
My latest for @tesmagazine.bsky.social looks at what happens when teachers try to motivate students through fear appeals:
Excellent post from @leedon1982.bsky.social
I’ve written my first post on Substack. It’s about ‘meeting the needs of pupils with SEND’.
(Well, it is & it isn’t):
open.substack.com/pub/ldonaghy...
(Well, it is & it isn’t):
open.substack.com/pub/ldonaghy...
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Excellent post from @leedon1982.bsky.social
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The black hole of leadership.
Some leaders are incredible forces of nature. Their dedication, determination and energy are a wonder to behold. A singularity of productivity focused on achieving progress in their area of responsibility.
This is impressive but also often destructive. 1/3
Some leaders are incredible forces of nature. Their dedication, determination and energy are a wonder to behold. A singularity of productivity focused on achieving progress in their area of responsibility.
This is impressive but also often destructive. 1/3
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The black hole of leadership.
Some leaders are incredible forces of nature. Their dedication, determination and energy are a wonder to behold. A singularity of productivity focused on achieving progress in their area of responsibility.
This is impressive but also often destructive. 1/3
Some leaders are incredible forces of nature. Their dedication, determination and energy are a wonder to behold. A singularity of productivity focused on achieving progress in their area of responsibility.
This is impressive but also often destructive. 1/3
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"If you get into a certain habit, you have expectations in relation to that habit, but that doesn’t mean your real ability has changed"
Fascinating piece on the 'attention' crisis among pupils
👉Are pupil attention spans really decreasing?
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Fascinating piece on the 'attention' crisis among pupils
👉Are pupil attention spans really decreasing?
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Are pupil attention spans really decreasing?
Professor Nilli Lavie speaks to Tes about the science of attention, why teachers are reporting shorter attention spans and what that means for classroom learning
www.tes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
"If you get into a certain habit, you have expectations in relation to that habit, but that doesn’t mean your real ability has changed"
Fascinating piece on the 'attention' crisis among pupils
👉Are pupil attention spans really decreasing?
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Fascinating piece on the 'attention' crisis among pupils
👉Are pupil attention spans really decreasing?
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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🧠Memorization alone is a trap: without varied and repeated practice, students will never truly master concepts or apply them flexibly in real life.
Find out how to do this in the latest #Psychologyintheclassroom episode with Dr Mike Hobbiss listen 👇
changingstatesofmind.libsyn.com/slop-the-pow...
Find out how to do this in the latest #Psychologyintheclassroom episode with Dr Mike Hobbiss listen 👇
changingstatesofmind.libsyn.com/slop-the-pow...
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🧠Memorization alone is a trap: without varied and repeated practice, students will never truly master concepts or apply them flexibly in real life.
Find out how to do this in the latest #Psychologyintheclassroom episode with Dr Mike Hobbiss listen 👇
changingstatesofmind.libsyn.com/slop-the-pow...
Find out how to do this in the latest #Psychologyintheclassroom episode with Dr Mike Hobbiss listen 👇
changingstatesofmind.libsyn.com/slop-the-pow...
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To what extent is creating an inclusive classroom about the design of the physical space (furniture, layout etc)?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Douglas classroom's 'inclusive' revamp to be tested during project
Scoill Yn Jubilee is taking part in a pilot scheme which has seen the redesign of a classroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
To what extent is creating an inclusive classroom about the design of the physical space (furniture, layout etc)?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Elaboration:
The key to deepening understanding and transfer
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The key to deepening understanding and transfer
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November 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Elaboration:
The key to deepening understanding and transfer
↓
The key to deepening understanding and transfer
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Deep dives weren't perfect, but when done well they helped triangulate evidence and gave subject leaders real CPD. Without them, inspections risk becoming more fragmented and leaders may feel more pressure to provide the evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Deep dives weren't perfect, but when done well they helped triangulate evidence and gave subject leaders real CPD. Without them, inspections risk becoming more fragmented and leaders may feel more pressure to provide the evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Why Scrapping Deep Dives Could Make Inspections Harder
There is a strange irony in the way inspection reform plays out in England.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
*** NEW POST ***
Deep dives weren't perfect, but when done well they helped triangulate evidence and gave subject leaders real CPD. Without them, inspections risk becoming more fragmented and leaders may feel more pressure to provide the evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Deep dives weren't perfect, but when done well they helped triangulate evidence and gave subject leaders real CPD. Without them, inspections risk becoming more fragmented and leaders may feel more pressure to provide the evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
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Are we approaching a Turing Test for Teaching? A deep dive into the evidence on AI tutoring. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Are we approaching a Turing Test for Teaching? A deep dive into the evidence on AI tutoring. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...
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🚨 NEW POST 🚨
‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’
“Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.”
alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’
“Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.”
alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
Feedback: A message in a bottle
Approaches to feedback, such as written marking or 'whole class feedback', are popular classroom strategies that are undertaken daily with students of all ages and stages. But do they truly land with ...
alexquigley.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨 NEW POST 🚨
‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’
“Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.”
alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’
“Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.”
alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...
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Delighted to make a summary of this EXCELLENT book - thought-provoking and extremely useful, and one of the BEST chapters about 'How Do We Learn' that I have read. Thanks @drcastelino.bsky.social
Summary pdfs here: itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-...
Summary pdfs here: itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-...
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Delighted to make a summary of this EXCELLENT book - thought-provoking and extremely useful, and one of the BEST chapters about 'How Do We Learn' that I have read. Thanks @drcastelino.bsky.social
Summary pdfs here: itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-...
Summary pdfs here: itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-...
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Going to do some threads on psychological barriers to learning. First up... perfectionism.
Let me know if you have any questions about perfectionism. And please share for a wider reach!
Let me know if you have any questions about perfectionism. And please share for a wider reach!
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Going to do some threads on psychological barriers to learning. First up... perfectionism.
Let me know if you have any questions about perfectionism. And please share for a wider reach!
Let me know if you have any questions about perfectionism. And please share for a wider reach!
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*** NEW POST ***
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Too many lessons are filled with checking what pupils know rather than helping them learn something new.
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Too many lessons are filled with checking what pupils know rather than helping them learn something new.
Make Time for Learning
When Checking Becomes the Lesson
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
*** NEW POST ***
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Too many lessons are filled with checking what pupils know rather than helping them learn something new.
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Too many lessons are filled with checking what pupils know rather than helping them learn something new.
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Even more than funding or relevant opportunities, "Time" was what the most teachers and leaders selected as a key requirement to engage with CPD in our recent survey.
Read more about the enablers and barriers to CPD which education professionals reported in 2025
Read more about the enablers and barriers to CPD which education professionals reported in 2025
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Even more than funding or relevant opportunities, "Time" was what the most teachers and leaders selected as a key requirement to engage with CPD in our recent survey.
Read more about the enablers and barriers to CPD which education professionals reported in 2025
Read more about the enablers and barriers to CPD which education professionals reported in 2025
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We learn more from failure than success, right?
Well, when it comes to education, it's dangerous to assume that students automatically learn from their mistakes. We may romanticise it but the evidence tells us that failure is unpleasant, and can leave lasting feelings of shame.>
Well, when it comes to education, it's dangerous to assume that students automatically learn from their mistakes. We may romanticise it but the evidence tells us that failure is unpleasant, and can leave lasting feelings of shame.>
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We learn more from failure than success, right?
Well, when it comes to education, it's dangerous to assume that students automatically learn from their mistakes. We may romanticise it but the evidence tells us that failure is unpleasant, and can leave lasting feelings of shame.>
Well, when it comes to education, it's dangerous to assume that students automatically learn from their mistakes. We may romanticise it but the evidence tells us that failure is unpleasant, and can leave lasting feelings of shame.>
Great thread on the ‘dynamic’ nature of memory & retrieval
It really doesn’t. Plato had a great answer to this problem more than two millennia ago. In the Theaetetus, he describes memory not as a storehouse or filing cabinet, but as a birdcage. Imagine, he says, that each of us has a cage in our minds filled with birds. 1/
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Great thread on the ‘dynamic’ nature of memory & retrieval
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Lots of people seem to have substacks these days.
If you wanted to create some articles about teaching and supporting geography teachers, would you do a substack or a blog? What's the difference? Why?
If you wanted to create some articles about teaching and supporting geography teachers, would you do a substack or a blog? What's the difference? Why?
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Lots of people seem to have substacks these days.
If you wanted to create some articles about teaching and supporting geography teachers, would you do a substack or a blog? What's the difference? Why?
If you wanted to create some articles about teaching and supporting geography teachers, would you do a substack or a blog? What's the difference? Why?
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Frankly, it’s amazing that schools work at all.
Every day, hundreds of pupils stream through the gates and a vast, invisible system whirs into motion: teaching, safeguarding, meals, attendance, support, behaviour, communication, enrichment and care.
A short thread about why schools are miracles:
Every day, hundreds of pupils stream through the gates and a vast, invisible system whirs into motion: teaching, safeguarding, meals, attendance, support, behaviour, communication, enrichment and care.
A short thread about why schools are miracles:
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Frankly, it’s amazing that schools work at all.
Every day, hundreds of pupils stream through the gates and a vast, invisible system whirs into motion: teaching, safeguarding, meals, attendance, support, behaviour, communication, enrichment and care.
A short thread about why schools are miracles:
Every day, hundreds of pupils stream through the gates and a vast, invisible system whirs into motion: teaching, safeguarding, meals, attendance, support, behaviour, communication, enrichment and care.
A short thread about why schools are miracles: