Daniel Muijs

De Vlaamse resultaten van de IELS geven een gemengd beeld: echt niet goed voor de cognitieve, goed voor het sociaal-emotionele ontwikkeling van 5jarigen. Voor ontluikende wiskunde en taal scoort VL met 483 ver beneden de benchmark van 500. Voor emotie-herkenning met 530 ver boven

I think this might be my favourite map of all time.

@wartsandbrawls @BodilUK That’s true, all take home formats are vulnerable, but the essay has become the default method in much of the Humanities and Social Sciences, so worth singling out for that reason.

@BodilUK @ProfDanielMuijs The essay is no more vulnerable than any other take-home assessment, and probably less vulnerable than a good few types IME, so to keep singling it out is unhelpful.

As an assessment tool the essay is dead. But HE can’t seem to come to terms with that.

@NPorter_ @RemIsBuzzin @daisychristo @researchEDGsy Also if students know others are doing it, they will worry that not using it themselves will disadvantage them.

@RemIsBuzzin @daisychristo @researchEDGsy But also if there almost no chance of getting caught, and the end grade is likely to be much higher, there’s a clear incentive

Some people will be graduating university with humanities degrees this summer who have never written an essay themselves. AI has made cheating the best option for a median level university student, says @daisychristo in her keynote at @researchEDGsy

@CasperHuls That’s good. Though it’s really not that difficult, there are a load of tried and tested assessment methods that are not susceptible to AI.

@ProfDanielMuijs What do you mean, 'can't seem'? We're working on alternative assessment forms, every course is under scrutiny.

@BodilUK Yes indeed. ‘It’s easier to spot in my subject’. Or maybe more difficult, and you’re not spotting it at all?

@ProfDanielMuijs Just look at the comments - everyone is in denial. “It’s different in my subject (the humanities)”, “it’s different if you see more than one essay from the student”, “it’s different if you interview them on its contents”. Utter denialism and cope.

This is yet another hugely encouraging development from the current Minister of Education @paulgivan and his team. As a Headteacher in a school which hosts student teachers like most schools do, I have observed that in the past there has sometimes been a noticeable inconsistency of approach across ITE providers, and a seriously worrying lack of knowledge on the part of some trainee teachers regarding key and core aspects of pedagogy, learning and development. This curriculum framework will address that effectively, and I am really impressed with the learning goals, core knowledge and practice expectations contained therein. Brilliant. This should bring a much more substantive evidence-based approach to the training of teachers which marries robust theoretical knowledge with clear pedagogical practice. Congraulations to @ProfDanielMuijs and all others involved!!

Great to see this published, and please to have led the work on this.

@ma_oon_paskana Need to see more of Scotland

this is lowkey embarrassing

Not the definitive answer of course, but overall confirms other studies that suggest that the furore and controversy often generated by the topic is not justified by the rather small effects either way. Seems like a matter best left to the discretion of schools. #setting

Interesting study of ability grouping in maths suggesting small positive effects overall, slightly larger positive effects for high attainers, and no effect for low attainers. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-e…

NEW ARTICLE: Restorative justice- it doesn’t restore and it isn’t just. Apart from that, I like it. My article in @Education_NI latest quarterly. Link below.

“Embodied cognition” as an education strategy is so totally absurd and unserious that it wouldddd be hilarious—if education wasn’t so faddish that this could actually catch on some places. Hashtags are probably dead but can someone start #GetPopPsychologyOutTheClassroom ?

“Restorative Justice: it doesn’t restore and it isn’t just” by @tombennett71 doesn’t shy away from challenging some sacred cows! Essential reading…

The third edition of Northern Ireland's @Education_NI 's Quarterly Publication on Education Research is out now! It's a special on classroom climate and behaviour management with contributions from @tombennett71, Dr Agnieszka Graham and @maartvansteen education-ni.gov.uk/publications/q…

‘Radio Antigoon’ for people from Antwerp of a certain age.

When I graduated from university in the 90’s I worked at a hamburger restaurant. This is literally every song they played on the radio station they had on all day.

@cbokhove @VanDammeEDU Niet als de analyse op niveau landen is, zoals hier.

@ProfDanielMuijs @VanDammeEDU Die is toch redelijk logisch? Dat de betere leerling de betere docent krijgt (qua vakkennis).

Mooie samenvatting. Maar... (op gevaar af de methodologen op mijn kap te krijgen), je kan ook te rigide denken over correlatie vs causaliteit. Het is m.i. overduidelijk dat diepe kennis over instructie, pedagogiek, assessment cruciale ingerdiënten zijn van kwaliteitsvol onderwijs