The connection between classroom activities and learning behavior is explored in depth through this important book\'s updated findings on the mind, the brain, and the learning processes that affect what is taught and how.
A realistic look at the role of technology in education..
Learning needs and opportunities for teachers.
The relationship of classroom learning and everyday settings of community and workplace.
The amazing learning potential of infants.
What the thought processes of experts tell us about how to teach.
How existing knowledge affects what People notice and how they learn.
Topics include: How learning actually changes the physical structure of the brain.
This new knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our current education system.
The book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning.
How People Learn examines these findings and their implications for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what our children learn.
When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do-with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods?to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what People see and absorb.
Like the original edition, this book offers exciting new Research about the Mind and the Brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions.
This Edition includes far-reaching suggestions for Research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning.
First released in the Spring of 1999, How People Learn has been Expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior.
Core sections probe how learning occurs and what teachers and schools can do to help children learn best.
The connection between classroom activities and learning behavior is explored in depth through this important book\'s updated findings on the mind, the brain, and the learning processes that affect what is taught and how
