The Sciences of Learning and the Practice of Teaching
A crib sheet highlighting some areas of contention and misunderstanding about learning, the practice of teaching and purposes of education.
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Cognitive scientist, education thought leader and prolific author.
I am a cognitive scientist interested in the malleability of human intelligence – the many ways in which our ability to live intelligently can be expanded or constricted by the experiences we accumulate in our families, our schools and colleges, our religious communities and our cultures. Our minds are much more malleable than we think and if we don’t realise this, we miss out!
This website offers you an opportunity to browse the numerous books I've authored, co-authored or edited, read some of my academic papers from over the years, watch me in action on the ‘media’ page, listen to a podcast, read my blog and find out about events I am taking part in.
To stay up-to-date with my ongoing work around learning, follow me on Twitter, LinkedIn and for enquiries, see my contact below.
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LATEST
The Future of Teaching
And the Myths That Hold It Back
It's time for the education slugfest to stop.
School is an anachronism. It urgently needs updating so it readies all young people for the modern world. But the search for better ways of teaching is being hampered by some major misconceptions about children’s minds.
In The Future of Teaching I tackle these stultifying beliefs and show that education doesn’t just fill children’s minds; it profoundly shapes they way they think and learn – often to their detriment. New science is uncovering these mistaken assumptions and showing how teaching can evolve so that children’s minds are powerfully and reliably shaped for the better.
"A powerful vision of learning which fosters critical thinking and craftsmanship at the same time as building a foundation of knowledge and understanding."
- Ron Berger, Senior Advisor for Teaching and Learning, EL Education and author of An Ethic of Excellence
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EDUCATION
The Learning Power Approach
Teaching learners to teach themselves
Children need to grow up being powerful, independent learners, willing and able to pursue their dreams and tackle difficulties calmly, confidently and creatively. Traditional teaching doesn’t reliably build these strengths – but there is a way of teaching that does. It is called The Learning Power Approach, and it systematically develops these strengths, whilst at the same time delivering sound knowledge and valuable credentials. This book explains how it works.
'Grounded in research, rooted in practice, and orientated to the future.'
- Yong Zhao
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PSYCHOLOGY
Intelligence in the Flesh
Why your mind needs your body much more than it thinks.
Intelligence in the Flesh is the latest in a series of book-length explorations of the many unsung, non-conscious, non-cerebral, aspects of human intelligence. The ideas that we are only smart from the neck up, and that it is only brains and neurons that make us intelligent, are not only false, they have profoundly skewed the development of cultural institutions such as education and the law. Millions of intelligent young people every year are convinced they are not very intelligent because they don’t do well at traditional school subjects. Science is finally revealing the misconceptions behind these injustices – and it is high time that society caught up too.
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