psychological interventions the good, the bad & the unknown by mark healy

“Psychological Interventions: The Good, The Bad and The

Unknown”

How do we link these together?

Research Aware / Literate/ Engaged

False Perceptions /

Myths

What we Know-

Learning

Does it help in the Class?

Mark Healy (@cijane02)

Neuroscience:implications foreducation andlifelong learning

Neuroscience:implications foreducation and

lifelong learning

SOURCE- Permission to use: Professor Dorothy Bishop, Research Ed Presentation, 2014

Key Insights but New Learning?1. Both nature and nurture affect the learning brain

2. The brain is plastic 3. The brain’s response to reward is influenced by

expectations and uncertainty

4. The brain has mechanisms for self-regulation

5. Education is a powerful form of cognitive enhancement

6. There are individual differences in learning ability with a basis in the brain


Seminal Texts?

• What do we mean when we talk about mindsets and Self Theories?

• “Go.To.Source.” or we fight the war of the ghosts (AifL)


1.Students with high ability are more likely to display mastery oriented qualities?

2.Success in school directly fosters mastery oriented qualities

True or False?


3.Praise, particularly praising a students’ intelligence, encourages mastery oriented qualities?

4.Students’ confidence in their intelligence is the key to mastery oriented qualities?


1. Coherence to Values & Ethos?2. Concordance with school wide psychological

experiences?3. Ethics?4. Silver Bullet?5. Far & near transfer effects?6. Can we even teach it?7. If we can, why are we?8. Measurement and Reliability?9. Scalability? Sample size? Data Set?

Some Provocations…
