Paul Cline
Psychology teacher, Director of Teaching & Learning, Instructional Coach. MCCT. Blogger (apsychologyteacherwrites.wordpress.com), , runner.
"How to teach Psychology - an evidence informed approach" - coming soon!
- Reposted by Paul Cline#FridayFive is poorly. 1. Almost Cut My Hair. Crosby, Stills and Nash. 2. Wires. Athlete. 3. The Drugs Don't Work. The Verve. 4. Comfortably Numb. Pink Floyd. 5. Keep Yourself Warm. Frightened Rabbit.
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- Minute Cryptic - 6 February, 2026 Took a punt on the definition & got it straight away. Took a while to work out why! "Pit players or co-captain against six highest-rated centres?" (9) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (40,648 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
- Reposted by Paul ClineSee Craig Barton's 3-Read Friday #100 open.substack.com/pub/eedi/p/3...
- Reposted by Paul ClineRight, I have done another blog. This one gives advice on how to ensure whole school Inclusion. I am sure there is lots missing, but if you follow this you won't be far off. In my opinion, obviously... philsalisbury.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/s...
- It's recruitment season. If there's one piece of advice I'd give anyone preparing for an interview lesson it's this: PLAN LESS
- "the problem with much classroom feedback is not that it is poorly intentioned, but that it is misaligned. We give feedback as if it will automatically produce learning, when in reality it only produces information." What if we're giving too much feedback? Great post from @didau.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Paul Cline"What does belonging actually look like? If it is to be more than a pious hope, we need to operationalise the concept. We need to examine its properties, investigate how it can be measured and put in place tools for school self-evaluation."
- Reposted by Paul ClineI saw today a student-facing behaviour policy that lists as one of its reasons for immediate removal from class “Public refusal to follow rules” and I think this is rather good - that it encapsulates (far better than “low level disruption”) the main reason for sanctions in schools🧵#UkEd #EduSky
- "When it goes well, teachers are not simply delivering content, they are doing species-defining work." Wow, that's a way to make Monday morning feel a little less humdrum! Really interesting post sharing insights from anthropology with clear, concrete classroom applications
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- Reposted by Paul ClineIt’s only tangentially to do with schools but it’s another funny and insightful @daisychristo.bsky.social piece on mobile phones and shifting social norms. Someone should really give her a newspaper column…. open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...
- Reposted by Paul ClineWe can employ a confidence ‘trick’ - to kickstart useful habits and routines Teach the content , use focussed study techniques , use assessment so success is likely - potentially supporting positive beliefs, motivation and feedback. @paulclinepsy.bsky.social and @mikehobbiss.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Paul ClineHow do we develop independent learners - have been left with lots to think about from this with @paulclinepsy.bsky.social and @mikehobbiss.bsky.social Plus practical ideas around task design, effective homework, and how the KBCP model can help us improve course design and teaching in this area
- Crikey that took some thinking! Minute Cryptic - 30 January, 2026 "Fig 'n' ram!" (5,7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 6 under the community par (94,728 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
- Reposted by Paul Cline#FridayFive is nostalgic. 1. Nightswimming. REM. 2. Grand Canyon. The Drive by Truckers. 3. Life in a Northern Town. The Dream Academy. 4. The Little Pot Stove. Nic Jones. 5. River. Joni Mitchell.
- The 'joy' of finding out you've been given last-minute cover for the last lesson on Friday afternoon. And then seeing the words "Chromebooks + research" on the cover work 🤯
- Reposted by Paul ClineThoughts on this mess. 🧵👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Great up-to-date research on episodic/semantic memory for any #Alevelpsychology teachers out there!
- Are episodic and semantic memory really that different? Using closely matched tasks, we found no substantial neural differences between recalling personal experiences and general knowledge: nature.com/articles/s41562-025…
- Reposted by Paul ClineThis was a fun conversation with @benwhitewaldenkent.bsky.social and @paulclinepsy.bsky.social, picking at the threads of independent learning to reveal the bigger underlying issues of curriculum and assessment design
- This was a fun discussion with @mikehobbiss.bsky.social and @benwhitewaldenkent.bsky.social on how we can foster independent learning in our students, taking in motivational theory, and the KBCP framework along the way (this time with the right post quoted with the actual link!) #EduSky
- This was a fun discussion with @mikehobbiss.bsky.social and @benwhitewaldenkent.bsky.social on how we can foster independent learning in our students, taking in motivational theory, and the KBCP framework along the way. #EduSky
