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Mick Waters

Negative framing and No Pens Days

2020-12-22T10:41:32+00:00October 16th, 2014|literacy|

The framing effect is an example of cognitive bias, in which our reactions to a choice depend on whether it is presented as a loss or a gain. Our tendency is to avoid risks when they're framed negatively and embrace risks when they are framed positively. For instance, we’re happy to pay home insurance on the off chance that our house is burnt to the ground, but we’d likely be unwilling to gamble the same amount of money on a horse race. Insurance makes us feel secure - we won’t lose what’s already ours - whereas gambling makes us feel we [...]

Slow Learning – allowing students to achieve mastery

2012-06-24T22:08:05+01:00June 24th, 2012|learning|

Of all the sessions I attended at The Festival of Education on Saturday the one I was most looking forward to (and most disappointed by) was entitled Slow Education: making time for deeper learning. Disappointed because I had high hopes and because...well, the presenters didn't really say anything interesting or useful. They rehashed Maurice Holt's manifesto on The Nature and Purpose of Education (even to the point of using the same slow food metaphor) and didn't really add much else. Admittedly that may be because they didn't have much time and had to rush. Oh! the irony. What was I hoping for? Well, [...]

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