How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice

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Clearly then, How Learning Happens is designed to be a force for preventing teachers from falling into the trap of misconception, and incorrectly putting theory into practice as a result.

Taken together, this book contributes in a unique way to the professional development literature for educators and its clear structure supports understanding and implementation of the discussed learning and teaching concepts.Blinded by age, we can turn to cold rationality, valuing only what we can define and prioritize only what we can measure.

The ‘How to Use the Work in Your Teaching’ and ‘Takeaways’ sections provide a clear and concise link back to how you can use that finding in your own classroom to better your practice.Teachers aren’t able to inspire students when they focus on ideas just because they’re easy to test for. The text Kirschner and Hendrick offer alongside each seminal article does a wonderful job of situating the content in the broader scientific context, and in the classroom. To date, they haven’t really had to focus on inspiration because they’re guaranteed a captive audience. Altamente recomendado para os leitores que se interessam pela ciência dos processos de aprendizagem. For example, this book uncovers the fact that the cognitive architecture of the brain has been ignored in education despite the transformative change it would bring.

According to Kirschner and Hendrick, they are the lynchpin of learning – responsible for the right environment and incentives to learn as well as clarity of communication and rigorous activity design.Their inspiration is fueled by the dance between ascending the mountain of improvement and marveling at its wondrous, ever-receding peak.