This is such a nice wee comic that I think describes well the importance of including 'the responsability of being the majority' within any diversity spectrum we talk about.
Neurodiversity is a vital concept. Understanding the difference between neurodiverse & neurodivergent is much more important than splitting hairs over linguistics. I made a comic explainer.
Higher quality pics & with qus for reflection:
https://t.co/nJdgVROFTo
#Neurodiversity
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This is a brilliant program by my friend Jill that encourages children to read to the best audience, doggies, while helping them practice with less self-consciousnees.
Back up your data, kids!
I just had a panic thinking I had lost all the files from my Msc and PhD data from my local OneDrive copy from my time @EdinburghUni , which disappeared from my PC.
Turns out past me was clever enough to make a hard drive back-up copy two years ago.
Soooo, we are currently working on a new type of authentic assessment that lets them practice some of these transferable skills for their future practice, but more info on this coming soon!
Last month @BPS_DARTP conference @Zayba_G and I had a great turnout for our talk "Designing for lifelong inclusivity: Insights from an intersectional approach to developmental psychology teaching".
(see the slides or reference list https://t.co/UA6qJfOjtg)
Trying our new course also made us aware that the assessment was not ideal for them to put in practice their knowledge of the different life stages and life factors that are relevant to development.
(examples of our lifespan approach teaching content https://t.co/4Hk9SnBw8s )
Highly recommend this paper - from 2020! - on 'the grey hoodie project' and how tech firms buy influence in academia. There's a clear parallel happening here too. https://t.co/l3A5biLXav