"The educational attainment, engagement, and experiences of autistic students"
Dr Elizabeth Weir, Research Associate at the University of Cambridge's Autism Research Centre and a Bye Fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge.
As a note, talk includes discussion of difficult material, including how educational experiences may relate to poor mental health and risk of suicidality among autistic people.
“School Avoidance and Anxiety: A School Perspective”
Rebecca Torrance-Jenkins is a School Designer & Learning Consultant, applying insights from neuroscience and progressive educational thinking to design schools for the future
"What do teachers need to know about neuroscience anyway?"
Michael Thomas, formerly Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Birkbeck University and Director of the Centre for Educational Neuroscience. September 2022
Learnus/Maths Anxiety Trust/National Numeracy
Educators and Maths Anxiety
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Nov 2021
Professor Tamsin Ford CBE
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge
The Inter-Relationship of Mental Health and Education
Reducing confrontation is an ongoing challenge but the decision to abolish sanctions in a school is a far thornier issue.
Punishment has been the basis of systems of justice throughout history and across cultures, acting variously as deterrent, a tool for reform and a vehicle for individual and societal retribution.
Dr Ben Williamson
“Educational neuroscience, neurotechnology, and the translation of ‘learning brains’ into policy and practice”
Ben Williamson is a senior lecturer and co-director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and an editor of the journal Learning, Media and Technology.
He recently completed a research project investigating the emergence of the “bioedu-data sciences,” funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
Stop and Think Learning counter-intuitive concepts in primary maths and science.
Professor of Psychology in the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck College and Project Leader of the UnLocke Project and Professor Derek Bell, Director of Learnus and Co-Investigator of the inLocke Project.
“What does the evidence say about smartphone bans in schools?” Professor Pete Etchells Bath Spa University, UK
