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

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When I first saw the table of contents, I was curious how the authors had accomplished to create a coherent book, but once you start reading it the connections become clear. Well, as Kirschner and Hendrick explain, the misapplication of educational theory is unfortunately prevalent: one only has to think of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Multiple Intelligences as cases in point. The authors provide all important details that the reader needs to understand each chapter independently, but, of course, you will get the most out of the book if you read them all. I suspect I will be using this for many years to come - and you don't often get that from many books!

However, there is a reflex-like tendency to reject new evidence or knowledge because it contradicts established norms, beliefs, or paradigms, which some scholars have critiqued as rooted in the scientific management and neo-managerial norms that seek to disseminate knowledge in formalized, routine, and procedural ways that lack appropriate grounding in the science of learning ( Myran and Sutherland, 2019). Together, these stories are so deeply embedded in my mind that I still think of them a decade later whenever I hear an ambulance pass by. Kirschner and Carl Hendrick (London; New York, NY: Routledge), 2020, 309 pages, ISBN: 978-0-367-18457-3. Part 2 discusses the prerequisites of effective, efficient, and enjoyable learning, delineating issues including self-regulated learning, self-efficacy, and goal orientation.When it comes to music, we intuitively know that nobody wants to read the lyrics of an album before they listen to the music. Even physics, which impacts every waking second of our lives, needs to be made relevant with stories, metaphors, and examples. Schools looking to implement professional development on teaching and learning on an evidence-based footing would do well to use it as the foundation of any programme.

Since entertainment means something different to every person, let’s start with a definition: to engage a person’s attention in a way that makes the time pass pleasantly. The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I gained some satisfaction from knowing that I am already applying many of the ideas presented here. It not only keeps up with the latest findings, but also seeks sincere, authentic dialogue with the seminal works.Carl Hendrick teaches at Wellington College, UK, and holds a PhD in Education from King’s College London. Blinded by age, we can turn to cold rationality, valuing only what we can define and prioritize only what we can measure. Fueled by obsession, he had memorized so many key dates and events that you’d think he was studying for an exam. is Emeritus Professor Educational Psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands, Guest Professor at the Thomas More University of Applied Science in Mechelen, Belgium, Honorary Doctor (Doctor Honoris Causa) at the University of Oulu, Finland, and owner of kirschner-ED which carries out educational consultancy, masterclasses for teachers, school heads and educational policy makers, and keynotes/presentations at conferences and other educational get-togethers.

A World War I video on YouTube piqued his interest and led him to all kinds of books and documentaries about the war. 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.When the pain of the status quo hurts more than the pain of discipline, people are capable of extraordinary feats of learning. Future historians of education will look back on this period as a Renaissance; a time when dogma and orthodoxy were being challenged, and gate keepers, priesthoods and shamans felt the ground shift beneath their feet. The main focus of this book is to cover 28 of the key works from educational and cognitive psychology to help inform you in your teaching.

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. It’s no surprise that one of the most popular videos about him on YouTube has the words “fun” and “imagine” in the title.There are some “famous” (in the realms of educational psychology at least) academics here: Sweller, Rosenshine, Wiliam and Black; and there are some not so famous, such as Rothkopf and Pintrich. The papers are grouped into six distinct fields: how the brain works; prerequisites for learning; how learning can be supported; teacher activities; learning in context; and, perhaps most interestingly, cautionary tales and the deadly sins of education. Part 5 elaborates on different social influences on learning, comprising situated cognition, cognitive apprenticeship, and communities of practice.