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Society for Philosophy and Psychology @socphilpsych.bsky.social · 11d

Preschool teachers provide fewer participation opportunities to working-class students than those from more privileged backgrounds
 ‼️ Recent work by Lewis Doyle, Andrei Cimpian, Louise Goupil & Sébastien Goudeau

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Protzko @protzko.bsky.social · 21d

Preschool-aged kids whose parents are working class are less likely to be called on when they raise their hand compared to kids with middle/upper class occupations.

Early socialization indeed.
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From @lewisdoyle.bsky.social & @andreicimpian.bsky.social

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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · 28d

“Whether students played by the rules by raising their hands or broke the rules by calling out, they were less likely to have their participation attempts accepted if they came from a working-class background”

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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 5

Class-based differences are quite salient in some countries and less so in others so it would certainly be interesting to investigate this effect elsewhere.

Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 5

Yes, I think both of your suggestions are likely to contribute to an overall picture. I would also speculate that teachers may infer subtle cues from identity markers like accent and through classroom discussions that touch on students’ home lives and extra curricular activities.

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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Whether students played by the rules by raising their hands or broke the rules by calling out, they were less likely to have their participation attempts accepted if they came from a working-class background”

Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 5

New in @pnas.org.

Preschool teachers were less likely to accept participation attempts by children from working-class backgrounds, regardless of their perceived language level.

With a great team: @andreicimpian.bsky.social @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social & Louise Goupil.

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Educational Researcher - AERA @erjournal-aera.bsky.social · Aug 29

Examining How White Teachers’ Interracial Contact Experiences Shape Their Self-Efficacy and School Choices: Learn how teacher education programs can incorporate cross-racial engagement to provide all students with equitable educations.

➡️ bit.ly/4lVo18Y

Cover of the AERA Educational Researcher Journal, Volume 54, Number 5.

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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Jun 25

@bpsofficial.bsky.social have written a nice piece about the impact of our work on biases in education: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist....

Check out the original research here: doi.org/10.1111/bjep...

'We have a duty to carry out socially relevant research' | BPS

Ella Rhodes reports on the impact for British Psychological Society journals.

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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Jun 2

This sounds familiar

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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · May 18

This is the funniest science writeup I've seen in a long time. It's about why cats are so perfectly evolved 🧪

Apparently lots of other animals have "tried to be cats" and the fact that other species have so much more variation is "because they suck" 😆

www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...

Cats challenge standard biases in evolutionary biology. People have said to me, “What about bats? What about rodents? These groups have so many species doing all kinds of things.” And I'm like, “Yeah, because they suck.” They haven't figured out how to do anything well, so they keep trying different things.

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Harry Lewis @harrymlewis.bsky.social · Apr 15

New blogpost looking at the psychology of felt safety at live music events: tinyurl.com/4kcs7x2p. Draws on interview, ethnographic and survey data. With @profjohndrury.bsky.social @hannaeldarwish.bsky.social Danielle Evans, Fiona Green, @sanjeedah.bsky.social and @lewisdoyle.bsky.social.

Side by side images of a crowd at a music festival. The first image shows a small number of people signaling to a medic. The second image shows a larger number of people in the crowd raising their hands to amplify the medic's signal to other medical personnel at the front of the stage.

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Rachel Leshin @rachelesh.bsky.social · Mar 13

Two days before learning that “research programs based on gender identity […] do nothing to enhance the health of many Americans” and seeing my NIH grant terminated, I had a paper published on male defaults: [1/2]
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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Mar 10

I recently spoke to @samdenno-twinkl.bsky.social about some of my research on bias in education. Check out the podcast here: tinyurl.com/4jyyxusw

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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thank you for your kind words, @harrymlewis.bsky.social

Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Feb 21

Published on the day I presented it at #SPSP2025!

Three studies (N = 1,608) with @lindatropp.bsky.social and @matteasters.bsky.social showing the potential of interracial contact experiences to increase White teachers' self-efficacy and reduce racial bias in school choices.

doi.org/10.3102/0013...

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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Feb 21

And here’s the link: doi.org/10.3102/0013...

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Andrei Cimpian @andreicimpian.bsky.social · Feb 10

This TICS paper turned out to be unexpectedly timely... We could have called it "Why DEI and Merit Go Hand in Hand" given recent developments... Valuing diversity and excellence/merit aren't opposing forces -- they're complementary.

Society for Philosophy and Psychology @socphilpsych.bsky.social · Feb 9

Why the belief in meritocracy is so pervasive

🚨Recent work from Ian R. Hadden, Céline Darnon, Lewis Doyle, Matthew J. Easterbrook, Sébastien Goudeau & Andrei Cimpian

Why the belief in meritocracy is so pervasive

People worldwide tend to believe that their societies are more meritocratic than they actually are. We propose the belief in meritocracy is widespread because it is rooted in simple, seemingly obvious...

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Harry Lewis @harrymlewis.bsky.social · Feb 3

Our pre-print is now available on our research into experiences of disruptive behaviour at live music events. Available here: osf.io/preprints/ps... @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lewisdoyle.bsky.social @sanjeedah.bsky.social @freyamills.bsky.social Hanna Eldarwish, Danielle Evans, Fi Green & Jane Wen

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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Jan 24

New paper in @easpinfo.bsky.social with @matteasters.bsky.social detailing an empathy intervention with teachers in England.

Students (notably boys) whose teacher had been encouraged to make them feel valued and heard had better end of year behavioural records.

doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...

An Empathy Intervention Reduces the Gender Gap in School Discipline and Facilitates Belonging

School disciplinary sanctions increase sharply during adolescence, with students from certain backgrounds disproportionately affected. Strong teacher–student relationships that cultivate trust, respe...

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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Jan 23

See you there!

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Lewis Doyle @lewisdoyle.bsky.social · Jan 14

New paper with an amazing team on the allure of the meritocracy belief. Our intuition tells us that effort brings about success in life (of course it does), but this oversimplification ignores important external factors and threatens to perpetuate inequalities.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.12.008

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Andrei Cimpian @andreicimpian.bsky.social · Jan 13

👋 New paper in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social: "Why the belief in meritocracy is so pervasive"

I learned a lot from my co-authors, a fabulous group of experts on meritocratic beliefs 👇 Fun fact: This paper grew out of a 2023 symposium at @easpinfo.bsky.social in Krakow.

www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

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