Home Archived Research corner Back Research corner 5th December 2014, 12:00am Tes Editorial Share Research corner https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/research-corner-61 Copy Link ”You seem certain but you were wrong before: developmental change in preschoolers’ relative trust in accurate versus confident speakers” by Brosseau-Liard, P, Cassels, T and Birch, SPLoS One, September 2014There’s a widely held belief that if you say something with enough confidence, people are bound to accept it - and this is thought to be especially true when you are talking to children. But, even with a confident tone behind it, that belief does not stand up to research.A project at Canada’s University of British Columbia studied almost 100 four- and five-year-olds to see whether a confident tone would carry more weight than a more hesitant, uncertain one.The children were given facts about the names of rare animals by two women they had not met before - one who was confident but inaccurate, and another who was hesitant but more accurate. Beforehand, pupils were shown footage of the women giving out information about animals that they were likely to know about, including ducks and whales.Despite having evidence that the confident woman was inaccurate, the children were initially more likely to indicate trust in her assertions. However, as the children aged, they learned to disregard the tone in favour of the facts, leading to a shift in trust from the confident, inaccurate woman to the hesitant, accurate one.So be careful when you tell a white lie to your class - do so one too many times and they might just be able to see through your bluster. And nobody wants to find out the truth about Father Christmas that way.Sarah CunnaneShare your views by tweeting @tesHot off the pressDisconnected: youth, new media, and the ethics gap by Carrie James (MIT Press)ISBN 9780262028066A teenager posts a photo on Facebook of a friend drinking beer at a party. A student repurposes an article from Wikipedia for a paper. In Disconnected, Carrie James examines the moral dilemmas young people face online. She highlights their stances on privacy, property and participation, describing ethical blind spots.Educate 1-to-1by Dominic Norrish (Pearson Publishing)ISBN 9781502380449This book proposes that integrating mobile technology into education through a one-device-per-child model can improve processes and create an unbroken pathway between student and teacher, enabling feedback and progress to be meaningful, effective and rapid.Once Upon a Time: a short history of the fairy tale by Marina Warner (Oxford University Press)ISBN 9780198718659Marina Warner traces the history of the fairy tale, covering stories from Victorian and Edwardian literature through to contemporary portrayals - including Walt Disney’s Snow White and Pan’s Labyrinth. She discusses the powerful hold these stories have over us and what they can tell us about society.For book queries, please email chloe.darracott-cankovic@tesglobal.com Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more Weekly round-up: Capita loses Sats and GCSE fears Tes Editorial • 18th April 2024 Reception Baseline Assessment: what you need to know Gráinne Hallahan • 3rd April 2024 Weekly round-up: Teacher pay drop and school moves Tes Editorial • 28th March 2024 Weekly round-up: Teacher pay and staff shortages Tes Editorial • 21st March 2024 Recent Most read Most shared Keegan: I’ll look at how we can fund teacher pay rise News 24 April 2024 Exams: How Ofqual plans to cope with AI News 24 April 2024 Modern language assistants disappear from Scottish state schools News 24 April 2024 A simple but radical new way to assess writing Teaching & Learning 22 April 2024 Fitness to teach cases in Scotland hit 10-year high News 23 April 2024 5 basic errors that ruin teacher job applications Analysis 23 April 2024 5 basic errors that ruin teacher job applications Analysis 23 April 2024 Starmer: Halt ‘damaging decline’ of PE News 22 April 2024 A 4-point plan for transparent AI use in schools Analysis 22 April 2024
