Daniel Muijs
@ProfDanielMuijs
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Professor and Head of the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast @QUBSSESW @QUBelfast
Bangor, Northern Ireland
Joined July 2012
An important reminder from @C_Hendrick for all of us working on knowledge-rich curricula: it’s not about accumulating disconnected facts, but about developing richly connected schema of knowledge.
Re-reading this classic paper and reminded again that vocabulary teaching that ignores semantic networks is basically just busywork; words must be taught in families and fields to exploit the power of 'spreading activation'. This paper explains why teaching isolated facts is
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However, it does raise questions about some existing taken-for-granted's in educational research, which in itself is helpful and a reason to do more studies using non-linear models like this one.
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LIFT Daily Prayer: I Am With You Always | October 25, 2025 Today’s Verse: Matthew 28:20 (NKJV) “And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Jesus’ final words to His followers were a promise of His unending presence. He didn’t say, “I’ll be with you when life
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Instructional practices was operationalised through the German three-factor model, with cognitive activation the main measure. My view is that this model doesn't work (the findings are very inconsistent across studies), and this may be another factor.
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Does this mean we need to jettison the existing model? Not quite yet. There are a number of limitations in the PISA-TALIS linked dataset. Leadership was conceptualised as distributed and instructional, but each only had a few variables in the dataset.
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We did not find the traditional causal model of leadership leading to better attainment through instruction. Rather, the relationship was highly complex, and in fact we found clusters of high attainment where scores on the measured leadership and instructional practices were low
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Hello! Very happy to introduce to you some of the less-known and yet interesting animals that shared my childhood!
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New Open Access article by Burak Aydin, Marjolein Fokkema, Nurullah Eryilmaz, Ronny Scherer, Marcus Pietsch and me on the relationship between school leadership, teaching and achievement using the PISA-TALIS 2018 link dataset.
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Buiten de krijtlijnen- de podcast van @Rinke_Vanhoeck en ons centrum- is al een poos niet meer op X te vinden maar dat betekent niet dat er niks interessants meer te beluisteren valt. Vandaag: @ProfDanielMuijs en Kelly Thyssen over de minimumdoelen. https://t.co/jEms4V0QkX
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In Engeland reviewt men het curriculum en is er consensus over de kracht van kennisrijk werken. Trots om bij te dragen aan het debat over een breed en gevarieerd curriculum, in ons geval met een publicatie bij @CharteredColl over een project met kennisrijk curriculum bij kleuters
Publication Alert! Together with @timsurma @P_A_Kirschner @MaximeBultheel @JNijlunsing and Claudio Vanhees I had the honour of writing an article for Impact Journal @CharteredColl Find the article here: https://t.co/Q2ksKuKxIr 1/3
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In this short blog & video clip, Doug Lemov (Teach Like a Champion) emphasises the importance of celebration & correction when teaching read aloud for fluency. We want to encourage & course-correct when necessary to strengthen our students efforts.
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Reading aloud both to and WITH students is one of the most important things teachers can do in reading class. Doing so helps build accuracy and automaticity in a way that silent reading can’t. And...
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This description of the Irish Curriculum spec for the English LC by @finn_mcredmond is a perfect example of the vacuousness of many curricula. Typical of what we often see when curriculum developers are afraid to specify actual content and scared of setting high expectations.
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Fantastic range of speakers at the Northern Ireland TransformED conference including @lucy_crehan @Counsell_C @DavidDidau @ClareSealy @ProfDanielMuijs @BradleyKBusch @primarypercival @literacytutor5 @GraceEHealy @naveenfrizvi Tim Oates @lcgeography @Education_NI @mr_englishteach
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I will be talking about developing knowledge-rich curriculum goals for Flanders, and what we can learn from the process for our work in NI.
We’re looking forward to hosting the TransformED Curriculum Conference next week! 🙌 The two-day event will provide senior leaders from primary and post-primary schools in Northern Ireland with the opportunity to explore what a knowledge-rich curriculum is, engage with
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We’re looking forward to hosting the TransformED Curriculum Conference next week! 🙌 The two-day event will provide senior leaders from primary and post-primary schools in Northern Ireland with the opportunity to explore what a knowledge-rich curriculum is, engage with
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This is an excellent initiative which will hopefully lead to recruiting more teachers in subjects of major importance to the economy.
Education Minister @paulgivan has announced a new Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Bursary Scheme, aimed at tackling teacher shortages in critical post-primary subjects across Northern Ireland. The Department of Education will work closely with the local Higher Education
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What is a knowledge-rich curriculum? In any event not just facts, not just math and reading, and not elitist. It is the strongest lever for equity. And thus ultimately a matter of social justice. https://t.co/HxkB9bgwrn
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What is a knowledge-rich curriculum? In any event not just facts, not just math and reading, and not elitist. It is the strongest lever for equity. And thus ultimately a matter of social justice.
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This afternoon we trained our new undergraduate Languages Mentors, a joint initiative with @ModLangs_QUB. Students will mentor GCSE pupils in ten schools during this academic year, encouraging them to take languages to A-level and beyond 💫
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Always curious and full of energy, Beagles turn every walk into an adventure 🐾🎉.
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Five common misconceptions about the knowledge-rich curriculum, by @timsurma @MichielWils @JNijlunsing @P_A_Kirschner, Claudio Vanhees and me: https://t.co/aJb3w8t0WT
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Vijf vaak gehoorde misvattingen over het kennisrijke curriculum. Lees de bijdrage van @ProfDanielMuijs, @MichielWils, @JNijlunsing, @P_A_Kirschner, Claudio Vanhees en ondergetekende. https://t.co/CRMITJ8TZ3
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Education Minister @paulgivan has announced the next phase of curriculum reform in Northern Ireland, as applications open for local educators to join Curriculum Taskforce Working Groups. 🔗For more information and details on how to apply, visit https://t.co/egbNcCyE4a
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Why we need a knowledge-rich curriculum. By the authors of ‘Developing curriculum for deep thinking’.
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