Cognitive Science Meets Generative AI
Audience: Teachers, CPD leads, curriculum developers
Level: 🔵 Proficient (Innovate)
Format: Workshop (2 hours)
Type: Online (webinar, twilight), INSET, on-site, or bespoke
Description:
Explores where cognitive science principles align or clash with AI-supported learning. Includes retrieval, modelling, metacognition and cognitive load.
Tools:
ChatGPT, Claude, Diffit — used to critique AI-aligned learning materials.
Associated Frameworks
- UNESCO – Competencies 3.1 & 3.3
- Ofsted 2025 (draft) – Evidence-informed teaching practice
- EEF Guidance – Metacognition, feedback, cognitive load
- DfE AI Guidance – Aligns AI use with learning impact
- Teachers’ Standards – Use of secure pedagogical knowledge
Tangible Impact
- Builds critical capacity in staff to evaluate AI for learning
- Aligns digital choices with evidence-based pedagogy
- Supports curriculum refinement rooted in learning theory
