Dirk Van Damme
@VanDammeEDU
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Independent advisor educational policy. Senior Research Fellow Center for Curriculum Redesign in Boston, USA. Former Head of CERI at the OECD. Lives in France.
Le Bignon-Mirabeau, France
Joined September 2011
NEW PUBLICATION The value of a knowledge-rich curriculum: An essay collection Read the publication here đ https://t.co/v0JwCLnsJU
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Why hasnât decades of cognitive and educational psychology research been embraced by education academics? My guestâs take: 1ïžâŁ The field of education has drifted far from psychology, so theyâre often unfamiliar with core findings from educational psychology. 2ïžâŁ Epistemology: Many
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School plays a big role in narrowing inequalities over time. Evidence such as this debunks the dominant narrative about schooling and social inequality.
By age 10, advantaged students already do better in math... ... but data find that gap shrinks by age 15. School plays a big role in narrowing inequalities over time. Read the latest OECD Skills Outlook: https://t.co/LvIz8OVMZ8
#OECDCentre4Skills
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âPrior knowledge helps learningâ⊠but does it really? A new meta-analysis and an RCT this year challenge that orthodoxy. Hereâs what this means for making prior knowledge actually work for learners... đ©Today's substack:
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So very recognizable!
Many educators who later embraced the science of learning first went through a phase of constructivist ideals. Now posting clips like this on IG/FB/TikTok đ đžIG @chalkandtalkpodcast đ”TikTok @chalkandtalkpodcast đFB https://t.co/qmB0Tc7sZP
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Everything you have heard about Finland is wrong
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Het verschil tussen iemand die grondige kennis over de materie heeft, en iemand voor wie politieke analyse neerkomt op registratie van percepties.
"Er is een risico van geloofwaardigheid van de kapitaalmarkten en onze Europese bedrijven riskeren geld te mislopen. Tweede risico is dat Euroclear gelden aan Rusland moet terugbetalen, terwijl het dit geld niet heeft. Dit kan volledig fout aflopen." Veerle Colaert #terzaketv
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Mensen, dit is zeer ernstig. Hier hangt een zwaard van Damocles boven ons hoofd. Ik vraag niet vaak om te reposten maar zou het toch maar doen.
If the #EU forces Belgium to accept the #Euroclear deal, it could be disastrous for our country. In that case, we would be better off leaving. The Belgians are not OK with this. Being pro-Europe ends when kamikaze is required.@vonderleyen @Bart_DeWever
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This is exactly why we needed the National Behaviour Survey: so that we could walk towards the evidence, not away from it. Sometimes it's sobering and sometimes it's encouraging, but the important thing is to know more about how students and staff actually experience behaviour.
The National Behaviour Survey slipped out during a busy news period, but look at the progress that we've made â with school staff & parents â over the past year. Lots more to be done, but so happy that children are enjoying school more, they feel they belong, and they feel safe.
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Everyone should subscribe to @C_Hendrick's substack. Even if you read nothing other than than his monthly roundup of journal articles, you will learn so much.
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Brilliant piece on 'neurodiversity', one of those buzzwords in contemporary educational discourse without strong backing in evidence.
Neurodiversity is a common term in education- and society. But it lacks precision both in definition and usage. And that really matters in the real world. For a start 'neurodiverse' is not a clinically recognised or used term, eg in the DSM-5. It was coined by the sociologist
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Kleuterleerkrachten in Vlaanderen opvallend vaker hoogopgeleid dan collega's in Europa, zegt OESO https://t.co/VANNRJg3jL
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Kleuterleerkrachten in Vlaanderen zijn opvallend vaker hoogopgeleid dan hun collega's elders in Europa. Dat blijkt uit het nieuwe TALIS-rapport van de OESO dat het kleuteronderwijs in verschillende...
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Ik ga het nog Ă©Ă©n keer zeggen (en dan er misschien iets over schrijven): de demografische crisis zal een gigantische impact hebben op het Europa van morgen. Toch wordt ie zowat compleet genegeerd door het gehele politieke spectrum.
Check the chart: in 2008, even the most pessimistic scenario kept Italyâs births above ~470k. The red dot marks 2025. Actual births are ~100k lower than demographers' bleakest prediction.
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Suggereren dat er ergens een duistere politieke macht is die beslissingen over ons leven neemt zonder dat we er controle over hebben, is eigenlijk actief het geloof in de democratie ondergraven.
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âPerhaps as a result of the academic allergy to IQ, thereâs some evidence that researchers are less likely to publish studies showing a link between IQ and studentsâ grades: the reverse of the usual publication bias for positive findings.â [Link below.]
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#FertilityRates have systematically been overestimated in projections. As a result, populations are ageing even faster than expected, making #pension sustainability hard to achieve. How can we prepare pensions for a low-fertility future? Learn more: https://t.co/YZy816fobG
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Low-achieving and vulnerable students are the first victims of educational inflation.
This chart shows the inflation of education. If you send a higher share of Highschool graduates to university, youâd expect average test scores to go down. Source: https://t.co/CxAW50MXka
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What is the impact of studying STEM vs. Humanities? We consider this in Romanian high schools, where otherwise identical kids can be assigned to STEM-focused or Humanities-focused curricula. Our key finding is that kids are malleable to what they study. This happens on 4 fronts:
Curriculum shapes more than skills as taking STEM in high school boosts tech careersâbut also shifts politics as boys grow more conservative and girls more progressive, from Robert Ainsworth, Rajeev H. Dehejia, @andrei_mntn, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Miguel Urquiola
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