

S3E1: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore - The GCSE is misaligned with adolescent brain development
Oct 14, 2022
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
Making the Existing Education System Work as Well as It Can
03:31 • 2min
The Third Cause for Concern
05:25 • 3min
Rethinking Education Conference
08:14 • 3min
The Inaugural Rethinking Education Conference Was a Wonderful Thing
10:56 • 3min
Head Teachers and on Schoolers Never the Twain Shall Meet
13:27 • 3min
The Rethinking Education Podcast - Episode 3
16:04 • 4min
The Rethinking Education Podcast - Sarah Jane Blakemore
20:14 • 2min
What Was School Like for You?
22:43 • 2min
I Was a Late Learner, You Know?
25:02 • 2min
What Are Your Interests in a Levels?
27:32 • 3min
Psychology Degrees
30:34 • 2min
What's Going on With Your GCSE Psychology Degree?
33:02 • 2min
What I Learned About Experimental Psychology
34:45 • 2min
The Brain and the Symptoms of Schizophrenia
37:00 • 5min
Learning Mind Lessons for Education
41:53 • 3min
The Learning Brain That I Wrote With Uta
45:18 • 4min
The Interest in Schizophrenia in the Adolescent Brain
49:26 • 6min
Inventing Ourself in Adolescence
55:08 • 3min
What Have You Been Working on Adolescence?
57:53 • 4min
Rethinking Education Podcast
01:01:52 • 2min
What's Happening in the Human Brain?
01:03:37 • 3min
Myelination of Axons
01:06:42 • 4min
The Inverted U-Shape Curve of Gray Matter
01:10:39 • 4min
Is There a Period of More Intensive Synaptic Pruning in Adolescent Development?
01:14:12 • 2min
Synaptic Pruning in Human Adolescence
01:16:37 • 2min
Adolescence Is a Period of Vulnerability and Opportunity
01:18:59 • 3min
Adolescent Mice Drink More Alcohol When They're With Their Cage Mates
01:22:01 • 2min
Adolescence and Risky Decision-Making Processes
01:23:36 • 4min
Young People's Cognitive Development Is Changing
01:27:18 • 3min
Young People and Self-Monitoring in the Education System
01:30:28 • 3min
The Wasted Years Key Stage Three
01:33:24 • 2min
The Mental Health Crisis in Teenagers
01:35:50 • 3min
Is There a Mental Health Crisis?
01:39:09 • 2min
Are You Seeing an Uptick in Mental Health Among Young People?
01:41:04 • 3min
Is the Assessment System Really Crucial to Education?
01:44:27 • 2min
The Mental Health Crisis Is Not Just Young People
01:46:53 • 2min
Is Social Media Creating Positive Narratives About the Future?
01:48:38 • 2min
I Think the GCSE Is a Huge Part of the Assessment System and I Think It's a Big Part of It
01:50:15 • 2min
Are There Alternatives to National Exams?
01:51:45 • 3min
The Individual Differences in Education and Mental Health
01:54:21 • 2min
Is There a Bottom Up Accountability System for GCSEs?
01:55:54 • 2min
The Three Questions About Rethinking Education
01:58:18 • 5min
Adolescence and the Pandemic
02:03:17 • 2min
Enhanced Neuroplasticity in the Adolescent Brain
02:05:30 • 2min
What Do You Think We're Doing Right in Schools?
02:08:00 • 2min
The Assessment System Is Not the Only Way to Address It
02:10:29 • 2min
How Do We Get From Here to There?
02:12:54 • 2min
The Times Education Commission
02:14:45 • 3min