Ep 17. Learning and teaching behavioural science (ft. Bruce Rigal)

Sarah Bowen and Merle van den Akker discuss their different approaches to learning and teaching behavioural science with Bruce Rigal. In this episode, we share our experiences in the classroom, and how insights from behavioural science can be applied to improve learning.

Bruce runs the Business and Law school at St. Mary's University in Twickenham, West London. On top of that, he also teaches courses in behavioural economics and research methods. And lastly, he did the MSc at the same time as co-host Merle, after moving away from a career in banking (COO at Deutsche Bank, London).

Bruce and Merle are in fact, close friends!

Finding Bruce Rigal:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-rigal-6799a545/?originalSubdomain=uk

St Mary’s University: https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/staff-directory/bruce-rigal

Links mentioned:

Discrimination in student evaluations:
Ben Schmitt created a free online tool to show the words used to describe male and female teachers from RateMyProfessor.com: https://bit.ly/2FuDoGp

Study UK students 1 in 4 have a problematic relationship with their smartphone: ‘Prevalence of problematic smartphone usage and associated mental health outcomes amongst children and young people: a systematic review, meta-analysis and GRADE of the evidence’ by Sohn et al, BMC Psychiatry, 10.1186/s12888-019-2350-x

Video explaining Kahneman’s taxi problem (value of information and base rate reglect): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuURK_q2NR8

Simon Sinek “Start With Why”: https://simonsinek.com/product/start-with-why/

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Music: Derek Clegg “You’re the Dummy”
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