Seminar schedule (2024/25)
2024
October Working Memory in Education: Translating Research into Policy and Practice. Prof Susan Gathercole, University of Cambridge
2 pm BST, 29th of October.
December: From Theory to Practice: Applying Cognitive Research to Elevate Teaching and Learning? Dr Alice Kim, Chair of Psychology, University of Guelph-Humber; Managing Director, Teaching and Learning Research In Action, tlraction.com.
3 pm BST, 17th of December.
2025
March: The typical and atypical reading brain: How a neurobiological framework of early language and reading development can inform educational practice and policy. Dr. Nadine Gaab, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.
3 pm BST, 11th of Mach.
March: Critical Approaches to Cognitive Development: Re-envisioning our relationship with participants. Richard W Prather, Associate Professor, Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology, Neuroscience & Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland.
3pm BST, 19th of March.
May: What Counts for Early Mathematical Development? Prof Victoria Simms, School of Psychology, Ulster University,
3pm BST 12th of May
July: "Helping students learn to focus in an era of unlimited distraction". Dr Alissa Mrazek. University of Texas at Austin.
4pm BST, 8th of July.
Upcoming:
October: Screen Media in Early Childhood: Implications for language learning and development. Dr Rebecca Dore ,Ohio State University, at 3 pm BST, 10th of October.
December:: AI and Child Development: What we know, what we don't. Dr Ying Xu, Harvard Graduate School of Education at 4 pm BST, 10th of December.