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

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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The layout of How Learning Happens is very clever in that each section builds on the last to help the reader understand the what, the why and the how for each key reading. The implications of cognitive science and educational psychology are presented in an accessible and thought provoking manner with clear thinking points for application to the classroom.

Kirschner himself is referenced in some sections, which sceptics may claim is self-serving and driving a particular ideology. Clear, practical and informative, this is a useful resource for teachers at any stage in their career. A rather strange claim about the typing efficacy of children on page 27: "most kids today can type as fast as a teacher talks". The information offered alongside each seminal article, with ready links to external resources, does a wonderful job of providing practical guidance on how these well-established findings might be used to inform teaching practice and design and develop the best learning experiences for students. 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.The misconceptions are correct and the criticisms sound, but the refutations are largely unsupported by references. Carl Hendrick teaches at Wellington College, UK, and holds a PhD in Education from King’s College London. If the song keeps resonating with you, you’ll learn about the artist and explore the lyrics in depth.

Enjoyable learning begins with inspiration—both to get you started and to help you push through the struggles of knowledge acquisition. The authors have produced a text that will aid teachers to appreciate and correctly use the science necessary to improve their practice.Because of the Doppler effect, the sirens have a higher pitch when they’re coming towards you and a lower one as they drive away. Fueled by obsession, he had memorized so many key dates and events that you’d think he was studying for an exam. Even the most inspired people can’t always define the edges of their own interests—let alone explain them to others. It will be adored by many and I hope it introduces some to the complexity of psychology and the study of cognition.

This book looks great and strikes a well-structured balance between text and useful figures throughout. I gained some satisfaction from knowing that I am already applying many of the ideas presented here. Lastly, Part 6 is devoted to cautionary tales and prevalent myths and fables that actually hinder learning rather than facilitate it. But, not only is this a resource of unparalleled utility, it’s also a fascinating and world-enlarging read. As for books, he is co-author of How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology, Evidence Informed Learning Design, Urban Myths about Learning and Education and More Urban Myths about Learning and Education as well as of the highly successful book Ten Steps to Complex Learning, and editor of two other books (Visualizing Argumentation and What we know about CSCL).He’s revered not just for winning awards like the Nobel Prize, but for making physics come alive for so many people.

Part 5 elaborates on different social influences on learning, comprising situated cognition, cognitive apprenticeship, and communities of practice.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.