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Cognitive Science


The Thinking We Must Not Outsource
Artificial intelligence can generate increasingly sophisticated answers, but education is about more than producing correct outputs. How do we harness AI's possibilities without outsourcing the intellectual struggle through which understanding, judgement and independence develop?

Kirsty Nunn
Sep 176 min read


WOOP: The Science of Turning Goals into Growth
If every student could plan for their obstacles instead of being surprised by them, how different would their progress look by summer? This simple but powerful question sits at the heart of WOOP, a cognitive science-based method for transforming wishful thinking into practical action. It’s not about positive thinking alone, it’s about mentally rehearsing reality.

Kirsty Nunn
Nov 5, 20253 min read
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