Paul Kirschner
@paulkirschner.bsky.social
Educational realist, Diehard edu myth-buster, Grumpy Old Man, Emeritus Prof. Educational Psychology Open Universiteit, Guest Prof. Thomas More Uni (Belgium), owner kirschner-ED
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November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As of Friday 28 November, I’ll be stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of JCAL. It has been a pleasure and an honour to serve you and the research community for the past 12 years. I’m fully confident that my successor, Prof. @j3ro3nj.bsky.social, is the perfect person for the job. #Edusky
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
As of Friday 28 November, I’ll be stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of JCAL. It has been a pleasure and an honour to serve you and the research community for the past 12 years. I’m fully confident that my successor, Prof. @j3ro3nj.bsky.social, is the perfect person for the job. #Edusky
Cómo se aprende: Aportaciones fundamentales en psicología de la educación y su significado en la práctica #EduSky
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Cómo se aprende
Cómo se aprende presenta a 32 gigantes de la investigación educativa y sus descubrimientos sobre cómo aprendemos realmente y sobre todo lo que necesitamos saber para hacerlo de forma eficaz, eficiente...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Cómo se aprende: Aportaciones fundamentales en psicología de la educación y su significado en la práctica #EduSky
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With so much news, hype, and 'research' about AI in education, I thought it a good idea to bring this blog and open access article under everyone's attention.
ChatGPT: An effect in search of a cause
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ChatGPT: An effect in search of a cause
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ChatGPT in Education: An Effect in Search of a Cause
Background As researchers rush to investigate the potential of AI tools like ChatGPT to enhance learning, well-documented pitfalls threaten the validity of this emerging research. Issues of media co...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
With so much news, hype, and 'research' about AI in education, I thought it a good idea to bring this blog and open access article under everyone's attention.
ChatGPT: An effect in search of a cause
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
ChatGPT: An effect in search of a cause
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Can't wait to get this!!
Really pleased that the Spanish version of 'How Learning Happens' is finally coming out.
@paulkirschner.bsky.social @olicav.bsky.social @akaleditor.bsky.social
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@paulkirschner.bsky.social @olicav.bsky.social @akaleditor.bsky.social
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November 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Can't wait to get this!!
While cognitive load theory primarily deals with individual learning, John Sweller, Femke Kirschner, Jimmy Zambrano and I wrote this about expanding CLT to collaborative learning. It's oen access so feel free to download and use it. #EduSky
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
From Cognitive Load Theory to Collaborative Cognitive Load Theory - International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
Cognitive load theory has traditionally been associated with individual learning. Based on evolutionary educational psychology and our knowledge of human cognition, particularly the relations between ...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
While cognitive load theory primarily deals with individual learning, John Sweller, Femke Kirschner, Jimmy Zambrano and I wrote this about expanding CLT to collaborative learning. It's oen access so feel free to download and use it. #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Ik werd recentelijk geïnterviewd door 'De Liniaal' over onderwijsmythes, misverstanden en de keukenmachine 😜
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Paul Kirschner over onderwijsmythes, misverstanden en de keukenmachine
Je zou hem gerust een luis in de pels van het onderwijs kunnen noemen, op zowel nationaal als internationaal niveau. Of beter: een wakend geweten.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Ik werd recentelijk geïnterviewd door 'De Liniaal' over onderwijsmythes, misverstanden en de keukenmachine 😜
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By default, LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, uses your personal data and content to train AI generative models. I just forbid it from doing so. Go to Settings - Data Privacy to turn it off if you don't want your posts to be used!
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
By default, LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, uses your personal data and content to train AI generative models. I just forbid it from doing so. Go to Settings - Data Privacy to turn it off if you don't want your posts to be used!
Around the world, smartphone bans in schools are being implemented to protect students from distraction and digital overload. But do they work? Is less more? #EduSky
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When Phones Go Out the Window, Learning Comes In the Door - kirschner-ED
Around the world smartphone bans in schools are being implemented in an attempt to protect students from distraction and digital overload. Maybe the smartest educational technology policy isn’t to add...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Around the world, smartphone bans in schools are being implemented to protect students from distraction and digital overload. But do they work? Is less more? #EduSky
www.kirschnered.nl/2025/11/01/w...
www.kirschnered.nl/2025/11/01/w...
Overal ter wereld proberen scholen en universiteiten hun leerlingen te beschermen tegen afleiding en digitale overbelasting door smartphones uit de klas te weren. Misschien is de slimste onderwijstechnologie wel geen technologie, maar stilte. #EduSky
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Als de telefoon de klas uitgaat, komt het leren terug - kirschner-ED
Overal ter wereld proberen scholen en universiteiten hun leerlingen te beschermen tegen afleiding en digitale overbelasting door smartphones uit de klas te weren. Misschien is de slimste onderwijstech...
www.kirschnered.nl
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Overal ter wereld proberen scholen en universiteiten hun leerlingen te beschermen tegen afleiding en digitale overbelasting door smartphones uit de klas te weren. Misschien is de slimste onderwijstechnologie wel geen technologie, maar stilte. #EduSky
www.kirschnered.nl/2025/11/01/a...
www.kirschnered.nl/2025/11/01/a...
Misschien is de slimste onderwijstechnologie wel geen technologie, maar stilte.
Als de telefoon de klas uitgaat, komt het leren terug
Overal ter wereld proberen scholen en universiteiten hun leerlingen te beschermen tegen afleiding en digitale overbelasting door smartphones uit de klas te weren. Misschien is de slimste onderwijstechnologie wel geen technologie, maar stilte.
www.kirschnered.nl
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Misschien is de slimste onderwijstechnologie wel geen technologie, maar stilte.
When Phones Go Out the Window, Learning Comes In the Door
Around the world smartphone bans in schools are being implemented in an attempt to protect students from distraction and digital overload. Maybe the smartest educational technology policy isn’t to add more technology, but to take some of it…
Around the world smartphone bans in schools are being implemented in an attempt to protect students from distraction and digital overload. Maybe the smartest educational technology policy isn’t to add more technology, but to take some of it…
When Phones Go Out the Window, Learning Comes In the Door
Around the world smartphone bans in schools are being implemented in an attempt to protect students from distraction and digital overload. Maybe the smartest educational technology policy isn’t to add more technology, but to take some of it away. Sometimes, maybe less is more!
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November 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
When Phones Go Out the Window, Learning Comes In the Door
Around the world smartphone bans in schools are being implemented in an attempt to protect students from distraction and digital overload. Maybe the smartest educational technology policy isn’t to add more technology, but to take some of it…
Around the world smartphone bans in schools are being implemented in an attempt to protect students from distraction and digital overload. Maybe the smartest educational technology policy isn’t to add more technology, but to take some of it…
Wow! @educhatter.bsky.social is unleashed!
"We can continue down the path of fuzzy, self-absorbed, therapeutic, politicized schooling, where every fad finds its way into the curriculum, or we can restore liberal education as the foundation of our schools."
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"We can continue down the path of fuzzy, self-absorbed, therapeutic, politicized schooling, where every fad finds its way into the curriculum, or we can restore liberal education as the foundation of our schools."
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Education Under Siege: Why is Liberal Education Disappearing in Canada’s Schools?*
The erosion of liberal education in Canada’s Kindergarten to Grade 12 schools is no longer a matter for speculation—it is now undeniable. Thirty years ago, Peter Emberley and Waller Newell’s Bankru…
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October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Wow! @educhatter.bsky.social is unleashed!
"We can continue down the path of fuzzy, self-absorbed, therapeutic, politicized schooling, where every fad finds its way into the curriculum, or we can restore liberal education as the foundation of our schools."
educhatter.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/e...
"We can continue down the path of fuzzy, self-absorbed, therapeutic, politicized schooling, where every fad finds its way into the curriculum, or we can restore liberal education as the foundation of our schools."
educhatter.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/e...
Net de vertaling van mijn nieuwe boek Instructional Illusions gecheckt (goed gedaan!) en verwacht publicatie in de komende maanden. Je kan hier een 'interesse formulier' invullen docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Instructional illusions interesse-formulier
Begin 2026 verschijnt de vertaling van Instructional Illusions geschreven door Paul Kirschner, Carl Hendrick & Jim Heal.
Via dit formulier kunt u uw belangstelling aangeven. U ontvangt dan ongeveer ee...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Net de vertaling van mijn nieuwe boek Instructional Illusions gecheckt (goed gedaan!) en verwacht publicatie in de komende maanden. Je kan hier een 'interesse formulier' invullen docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Wrote a short piece for the Victoria State Govt's Evidence to Action series called the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model (VTLM 2.0). Three more to come. I hope you'll profit a little from it. Here it is:
Modelling and worked examples
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Modelling and worked examples
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Arc
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October 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Wrote a short piece for the Victoria State Govt's Evidence to Action series called the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model (VTLM 2.0). Three more to come. I hope you'll profit a little from it. Here it is:
Modelling and worked examples
arc.educationapps.vic.gov.au/learning/sit...
Modelling and worked examples
arc.educationapps.vic.gov.au/learning/sit...
Hier vind je een bespreking van 5 misvattingen over wat een kennisrijk curriculum is van een deel van de schrijvers van Kennisrijk Kansrijk
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Vijf vaak gehoorde misvattingen over het kennisrijke curriculum
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October 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Hier vind je een bespreking van 5 misvattingen over wat een kennisrijk curriculum is van een deel van de schrijvers van Kennisrijk Kansrijk
thomasmore.be/nl/expertise...
thomasmore.be/nl/expertise...
We - @timsurma.bsky.social, Maxime Bultheel, Jasper Nijlunsing, Claudio Vanhees and I - wrote an article for Impact Journal @CharteredColl on a case study implementing a knowledge rich curriculum in pre-school (!) #EduSky my.chartered.college/impact_artic...
Developing and implementing a knowledge-rich curriculum for the early years : My College
MICHIEL WILS, MAXIME BULTHEEL, TIM SURMA, JASPER NIJLUNSING, CLAUDIO VANHEES AND PAUL A KIRSCHNER THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, BELGIUM Introduction Knowledge of the world is essential f...
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October 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
We - @timsurma.bsky.social, Maxime Bultheel, Jasper Nijlunsing, Claudio Vanhees and I - wrote an article for Impact Journal @CharteredColl on a case study implementing a knowledge rich curriculum in pre-school (!) #EduSky my.chartered.college/impact_artic...
#BlueLZ
CHAL&TALK mit @paulkirschner.bsky.social, @carlhendrick.substack.com und Jim Heal. Könnte es sein, dass ihr neues Buch „Instructional Illusions” erwähnt wird? 🤔
CHAL&TALK mit @paulkirschner.bsky.social, @carlhendrick.substack.com und Jim Heal. Könnte es sein, dass ihr neues Buch „Instructional Illusions” erwähnt wird? 🤔
New podcast episode coming tomorrow, October 10! Three guests who need no introduction. Be sure to tune in - it's an incredible episode!
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Los profesores sudamericanos, lamentablemente, también creen en mitos educativos y neurológicos.
South American teachers also, unfortunately, believe educational- and neuromyths.
Open access! doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
South American teachers also, unfortunately, believe educational- and neuromyths.
Open access! doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
Redirecting
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October 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Los profesores sudamericanos, lamentablemente, también creen en mitos educativos y neurológicos.
South American teachers also, unfortunately, believe educational- and neuromyths.
Open access! doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
South American teachers also, unfortunately, believe educational- and neuromyths.
Open access! doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
Yes, this is definitely a problem.
Are we facing the worst generation of parents? #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
Are we facing the worst generation of parents? #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
Are we facing the worst generation of parents?
Probably not. However, a significant minority of parents may be the most ideologically motivated we have ever seen.
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October 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Yes, this is definitely a problem.
Are we facing the worst generation of parents? #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
Are we facing the worst generation of parents? #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
Het was fijn om te praten met @rinkevanhoeck.bsky.social over illusies in het onderwijs. Je kijkt en ziet iets en gaat jouw brein dat dan interpreteren. Maar je moet/mag je ogen en oren niet altijd vertrouwen. Things are often not what they seem! #EduSky
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#219 | Paul Kirschner over illusies in onderwijs | Buiten de krijtlijnen | Episode 221
In deze aflevering schuift onderwijsexpert Paul Kirschner opnieuw aan voor een verhelderend gesprek, ditmaal over zijn nieuwe boek Instructional Illusions. Hij ontrafelt vier hardnekkige illusies in o...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Het was fijn om te praten met @rinkevanhoeck.bsky.social over illusies in het onderwijs. Je kijkt en ziet iets en gaat jouw brein dat dan interpreteren. Maar je moet/mag je ogen en oren niet altijd vertrouwen. Things are often not what they seem! #EduSky
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If you're from the school of 'every little bit helps' then here's a low investment (time, money) way of possibly improving student attendance.
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean...
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and...
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean...
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and...
BITUP: Updating Parents on Number of School Days Missed - trial
A trial to test the impact of sending parents text messages about their child’s attendance on school attendance rates.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
If you're from the school of 'every little bit helps' then here's a low investment (time, money) way of possibly improving student attendance.
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean...
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and...
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean...
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and...
Why education can never be fun, by @daisychristo.bsky.social
Learning is the slow, ponderous and beautiful Galapagos tortoise, and online content is the invasive predator which will inevitably drive it to extinction. open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...
Learning is the slow, ponderous and beautiful Galapagos tortoise, and online content is the invasive predator which will inevitably drive it to extinction. open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...
Why education can never be fun
Proven with maths
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October 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Why education can never be fun, by @daisychristo.bsky.social
Learning is the slow, ponderous and beautiful Galapagos tortoise, and online content is the invasive predator which will inevitably drive it to extinction. open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...
Learning is the slow, ponderous and beautiful Galapagos tortoise, and online content is the invasive predator which will inevitably drive it to extinction. open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...
Really a gold-star microlearning video by @nsachdeva.bsky.social. If you want a quick overview of what depth of processing entails and how to make use of it, then look no further. #edusky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kkk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kkk...
Depth Processing Model - How Learning Happens
YouTube video by Nidhi Sachdeva
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October 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Really a gold-star microlearning video by @nsachdeva.bsky.social. If you want a quick overview of what depth of processing entails and how to make use of it, then look no further. #edusky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kkk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kkk...
In contrast to the 'fool's gold' that's often dished up as teacher training, @nsachdeva.bsky.social and Jim Hewitt offer us pure gold for sifting through the advertorials.
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scienceoflearning.substack.com/p/when-teach...
When Teacher Training Feels Like a Sales Pitch (and How to Push Back)
How to recognize the subtle tactics that steer your thinking.
scienceoflearning.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In contrast to the 'fool's gold' that's often dished up as teacher training, @nsachdeva.bsky.social and Jim Hewitt offer us pure gold for sifting through the advertorials.
scienceoflearning.substack.com/p/when-teach...
scienceoflearning.substack.com/p/when-teach...