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Overconfidence – Explaining it Away

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley03/06/2016Leave a Comment

(Image via Stowe Boyd from Flickr)   “The human mind is an overconfidence machine.” David Brooks, The Social Animal Overconfidence is dangerous. How many ill-judged wars, invasions, crashes, economic downturns and worse, …

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AlexJQuigleyAlex Quigley@AlexJQuigley·

The next big thing on my reading list… looking forward to this one. @profbeckyallen @head_teach @Waldenkent

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ProfCoeRobert Coe@ProfCoe·

I have wanted to get to @researchED1 Haninge #rEDHan for so long, and never yet made it. But this year I am delighted to be presenting online.
Looks like a fabulous line-up (and maybe a hint about @HFletcherWood 's new job?) @EvaHartell
https://researched.org.uk/event/researched-haninge/

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MrNickHartNick Hart@MrNickHart·

We’ve had some great proposals through already.

Submit yours here! 👇🏻 https://twitter.com/redberks/status/1451807130437234689

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Alex Quigley

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I write this blog in a personal capacity.

After fifteen years in the classroom, I now support the cause of education from the other side the school gates. For most of the week I work for the EEF, as National Content Manager, supporting teachers and school leaders to access research evidence.

Additionally, I write edubooks and offer consultancy. Also, I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I write about education, evidence, reading, writing and vocabulary. An ex-teacher, I work to support schools and teachers to make the difference for pupils.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I work for an educational charity focused on breaking the link between parental income and educational outcomes. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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