The Learning Landscape: How to Increase Learner Agency and Become a Lifelong Learner

by James Anderson

In The Learning Landscape, James Anderson outlines a powerful metaphor for visualising learning. Mapping the abstract concept of learning onto a physical journey in the real world, the learning process is made tangible and accessible to learners.Students will be guided across the plains of the Learning Landscape, passing over the foundational knowledge that has come before them, while overcoming pits of challenging learning in an effort to climb to the peaks of expertise.In The Learning Landscape, challenges are represented by four different types of Challenge The Learning Challenge* The Performance Challenge* The Downhill Challenge* The Aspirational ChallengeOnly by equipping students with powerful learning tools, such as the Habits of Mind, will they be prepared for the climb out of these Challenge Pits, as their mindsets determine how far they can travel and how high they can climb.Drawing on the work of Nicholas Nassim Taleb, Art Costa and Bena Kallick, Anders Ericsson, and Carol Dweck, The Learning Landscape provides teachers with a tool to develop learner agency, creating more effective learners, improving engagement and, ultimately, learning outcomes.

154 pages, Paperback

Published August 19, 2019

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[Ryan Gottfredson · Rating 5 out of 5]

If there is one thing in life we should all be an expert at, it is being an expert in learning. If we can become experts in learning, we will be able to navigate any situation we encounter in more effective and successful ways. This book is the best book I have ever read about learning, and I believe it has helped me become more of my ideal self in the present and will help me become more of who I want to become in the future.

[Diane Law · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent resource about increasing learner agency. Lots of examples and practical exercises.
I will definitely be dipping back into this one.