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Teaching & Learning Illuminated: The Big Ideas, Illustrated
This exciting new book from the bestselling authors of The Science of Learning takes complex ideas around teaching and learning and makes them easy to understand and apply through beautifully illustrated graphics. Each concept is covered over a double-page spread, with a full-page graphic on one page and supportive text on the other. This unique combination of accessible images and clear explanations helps teachers navigate the key principles and understand how to best implement them in the classroom.
Distilling key findings and ideas for great evidence-based teaching from a broad range of contemporary studies, the book covers the research findings, ideas and applications from the most important and fundamental areas of teaching and learning
Retrieval Practice
Spacing
Interleaving
Cognitive Load Theory
Rosenshine’s Principles
Feedback
Resilience
Metacognition Written to support, inspire and inform teaching staff and those involved in leadership and CPD, Teaching & Learning Illuminated will transform readers' understanding of teaching and learning research.
Distilling key findings and ideas for great evidence-based teaching from a broad range of contemporary studies, the book covers the research findings, ideas and applications from the most important and fundamental areas of teaching and learning
Retrieval Practice
Spacing
Interleaving
Cognitive Load Theory
Rosenshine’s Principles
Feedback
Resilience
Metacognition Written to support, inspire and inform teaching staff and those involved in leadership and CPD, Teaching & Learning Illuminated will transform readers' understanding of teaching and learning research.
165 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 26, 2023
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July 29, 2023
This book was just what I needed to get started on the path of learning more about learning. I have tried reading several books before this one but they all fell into two categories:
1. Anecdotal accounts of one person who wants us to to trust them they are amazing at memorizing and we will be too only if we follow the plan they invented which has zero scientific evidence.
2. Jargon dense, multiple-author recaps that are grounded in science but read like research papers and make me fall asleep after 2 paragraphs. Great for other experts in the field to get up-to-date, waaay too detailed for my needs.
And then came this book. Everything is based on scientific research, no selling untested ideas, and when something is not yet researched well enough the authors admit it is not yet known which for me is always a good sign that nobody is trying to swindle me. Despite being based on many scientific papers, the content is extremely simple to understand. At times I felt it was a bit too simple and too short, and I wished it went into more details, but this wasn't that kind of book. The authors actually say right at the beginning that they have another book "The Science of Learning" which is more detailed, and I'm going to check it and some other books out now that I have the basic knowledge to build upon.
The book is mainly aimed at teachers who teach children, but I am actually an adult who is self-studying languages and mathematics, and I had no problem translating their explanations to my own situation.
It was actually quite fun to look at the graph on the left side and then having more details revealed in the text on the right side.
It was a short and helpful read, and I am looking forward to learn more about learning (I am especially interested in learning more about cognitive biases in the field of education which interfere with out learning, as it seems quite complex and only 4 pages were dedicated to it here.)
1. Anecdotal accounts of one person who wants us to to trust them they are amazing at memorizing and we will be too only if we follow the plan they invented which has zero scientific evidence.
2. Jargon dense, multiple-author recaps that are grounded in science but read like research papers and make me fall asleep after 2 paragraphs. Great for other experts in the field to get up-to-date, waaay too detailed for my needs.
And then came this book. Everything is based on scientific research, no selling untested ideas, and when something is not yet researched well enough the authors admit it is not yet known which for me is always a good sign that nobody is trying to swindle me. Despite being based on many scientific papers, the content is extremely simple to understand. At times I felt it was a bit too simple and too short, and I wished it went into more details, but this wasn't that kind of book. The authors actually say right at the beginning that they have another book "The Science of Learning" which is more detailed, and I'm going to check it and some other books out now that I have the basic knowledge to build upon.
The book is mainly aimed at teachers who teach children, but I am actually an adult who is self-studying languages and mathematics, and I had no problem translating their explanations to my own situation.
It was actually quite fun to look at the graph on the left side and then having more details revealed in the text on the right side.
It was a short and helpful read, and I am looking forward to learn more about learning (I am especially interested in learning more about cognitive biases in the field of education which interfere with out learning, as it seems quite complex and only 4 pages were dedicated to it here.)
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