How to get the most out of this FREE resource for educators. — Hello! 😎 If you were wondering what happened to my Memory and Metacognition newsletter, don’t worry — it’s still going! You can access the latest issue below: Jonathan Firth's Memory & Metacognition Updates #14 - Interleaving Hello, and welcome to another issue of my memory and metacognition updates. And apologies for the delay to this issue …firth.substack.com

Are people really visual and auditory learners? — You don’t have to spend much time in education to hear someone call themselves a ‘visual learner’. And as someone who regularly interviews new candidates for teacher education courses, I often hear people talking earnestly about how teachers should cater for every different type of learners. But can leaners be…

The list of shortform articles, from A to Z — In the publication Education Shortform, I have released a series of linked short articles about education, based around an A-Z of concepts. For convenience, this is a list of all of the titles in alphabetical order. Enjoy! A is for Active Learning Active Learning In a nutshell…medium.com B is for Brain Brain & Education In a nutshell…medium.com C is for Creativity

The notion that creativity only applies to some fields is flawed. — I’ve always been deeply interested in creativity. From my days writing poetry as a kid, to my first job working as a teacher (and having to create lessons and courses), to now working as a researcher… creative thinking has always felt relevant. Perhaps that is because so many different aspects…

Just ask Dr. Seuss. — We tend to associate creativity with freedom, with the blank page, and with the opportunity to do absolutely anything we want. That’s how great new ideas come about, right? Well, perhaps not. It’s not intuitive, but researchers have repeatedly found that we are more creative when we are limited. …

Metacognition in action — Metacognition means thinking about thinking. In education contexts we are often concerned particularly with thinking about learning processes in some way. In some of my blog posts I have focused in on metacognition in some detail. To sum up, I have covered: Planning (before the task) Metacognitive monitoring (during the…

In a nutshell — Many thanks for reading these short education summaries. You can use the index to explore others, or scroll through via the links at the end of this piece. These pieces have covered an A–Z of educational concepts, and Z has to stand for the ZPD or zone of proximal development. …

In a nutshell — Y is for YouTube, and in general for the use of videos in education. There has been an increased level of video content used in learning in general over the years, in part supported by the rise of online learning approaches. …

In a nutshell — In my education alphabet, X is for…(e)xams (well, close enough — there aren’t that many Xs in the English language!) Despite the changes that have occurred throughout the education system and frequent calls to reduce formal assessment (e.g. …