International expert in early years; Translating research for impact; Professor @CamUni + @IBE_UNESCO science of learning fellow ‘22; @PEDALCam
Cambridge, England
Joined October 2015
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📝Co-designed with EY practitioners.
🚸Check out the free resources we launched today #EarlyYearsLibrary Download here: eif.org.uk/resource/early-ye…
🔑Key EY skills + inspiring ideas you can try in your own setting.
Throughout the development of #EarlyYearsLibrary, we worked alongside a group of early years practitioners to ensure the guidance was relevant, practical and accessible.
Here's what they have to say about the library 🗣️👇
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🚨 We've extended our deadline for the E3 Postdoctoral Fellowship to December 1st! More info here: earlychildhood.stanford.edu/…
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🚨We are hiring! Assistant rank faculty position in promoting learning, broadly defined, in early childhood. Details: facultypositions.stanford.ed… Deadline: Oct 21. Join me and my colleagues @StanfordEd @Stanford_CEC
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🚨Postdoc Application due: Nov 15. The IES Equity in Early Education (E3) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program trains the next generation of scholars to conduct research toward equitable, impactful, and sustainable early childhood care and education systems. @StanfordEd @Stanford_CEC
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Starting a #PhD? You need to read this article about: The care and maintenance of your adviser/supervisor. Download the Nature article on this topic here. buff.ly/2PKIX7V #PhDchat #PhDforum #postgrad #VitaeCon2024
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✨New Global Executive Function Initiative's (GEFI) recommended practices for selection, adaptation, and administration of EF performance-based tasks and for processing, evaluating, reporting, and interpreting data that these tasks yield. Download here: gefi.stanford.edu/gefi-resou…
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Re-sharing this book edited by @aimee_durning and PEDAL's @paulramchandani and @SaraBCam as there was lots of interest at the #PEDALConference2024 📚
routledge.com/Empowering-Pla…
Packed with imaginative ideas and practical suggestions, this essential book combines theory with tried and tested practice to encourage and inspire teachers to make use of the pedagogy of play and enhance their children's learning experience.
buff.ly/4dsPdaM
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Again, there’s no good evidence that smartphone bans fix the things we’re all worrying about, and on their own they do nothing to prepare young people for the digital world ahead of them. We need to focus much more on building digital literacy skills theguardian.com/education/20…
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PEDAL staff and PhD students recently published a paper which interrogates the concept of learning through play in different global contexts.
A summary of the research and a link to the paper can be found here:
pedalhub.net/resource-librar…
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With the latest expansion to childcare rolling out this week, it is more vital than ever that the coming year sees the introduction of a comprehensive workforce strategy to recruit, retain, recognise and reward the talented early years professionals at the heart of the sector.
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📢 Call for participants for a study on demand avoidance
You can take part if you:
✅ are aged 18+
✅struggle to undertake everyday tasks and experience a stress response to demands
Take the survey here (closes 13th Sept): bit.ly/3YYjpGN
ALT Survey recruitment advert for the study mentioned in the X post.
Could you spare half an hour to complete an online survey? bit.ly/3YYjpGN
We want to hear from adults who experience a stress response to demands. You might be self-identified PDA, have a diagnosis which references demand avoidance, or think you would meet the criteria.
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I’m recruiting a research assistant to help collect data in Durham (UK), for a cross-cultural ESRC New Investigator grant aimed at developing culturally grounded tool innovation measures in children across different cultural contexts - please share
jobs.ac.uk/job/DJM961/resear…
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I was at the @cogdevsoc conference this March when I heard a series of talks that kinda blew my mind - from @danacotto @YukoMunakata1 and others, finding shortcomings in tests that measure some of the most famous skills in psychology -- executive function. wapo.st/3WZ9HRQ
Thought-provoking piece today @washingtonpost with links to our Global Executive Function Initiative
Proud to be involved with these researchers questioning the paradigm.
The Washington Post has a great article on cultural biases in #ExecutiveFunction assessment, based on interviews from a few of us in the Global EF initiative (GEFI)
Related journal article: bit.ly/3Z0DWdF
GEFI: stanford.io/4fXlLMh
WP article: wapo.st/3yNVpvt
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What do education experts want to see from the curriculum review led by @BeckyFrancis7?
✏️ Emphasis on children's agency when learning, says @Dominic_Wyse. Read more:
theguardian.com/education/ar…
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🚨 Applications to study in the UK with #Chevening open tomorrow! 🚨
Are you ready to complete your master's at a leading UK university and join a global leadership network for life?
Start preparing your application now: chevening.org/guidance
#ChooseChevening #UKScholarship
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📣 Applications for #Chevening Scholarships are now open! 🤩
Study at a top UK university, embark on a tailored scholarship experience, and join a global leadership network for life!
Submit your application by 5 November 👉 chevening.org/apply
#ChooseChevening
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Empowering Play in Primary Education - 1st Edition - publication Day!! Many thanks @paulramchandani @SaraBCam @Myoko252856735 @DrBiddulph @nmgilbride @Stephen_Kilgour @LenkaJBExe @lukerolls 🙏 routledge.com/Empowering-Pla…
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She'll be joined by PEDAL's @SaraBCam, Professor of Developmental Psychology and Education and Dr Stephanie Smith, a senior research specialist at the Centre for Evidence and Implementation @CEI_org
Learn more about our speakers and book your tickets at buff.ly/3y76TK6
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How can we make space for children’s agency in their learning? With play! Play develops children’s motivation and self-regulation, both of which support agency. We’re hopeful that #PlayfulLearning will be incorporated into Labour’s new curriculum.
youtube.com/watch?v=MC9YgP7H…
