The Nature of Learning [electronic resource]: Using Research to Inspire Practice /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Dumont, Hanna.
Istance, David.
Benavides, Francisco.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2010.
What do we know about how people learn? How do young people’s motivations and emotions influence their learning? What does research show to be the benefits of group work, formative assessments, technology applications, or project-based learning and when are they most effective?  How is learning affected by family background? These are among the questions addressed for the OECD by leading researchers from North America and Europe. This book brings together the lessons of research on both the nature of learning and different educational applications, and it summarises these as seven key concluding principles.   Among the contributors are Brigid Barron, Monique Boekaerts, Erik de Corte, Linda Darling-Hammond, Kurt Fischer, Andrew Furco, Richard Mayer, Lauren Resnick, Barbara Schneider, Robert Slavin, James Spillane, Elsbeth Stern and Dylan Wiliam. The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice is essential reading for all those interested in knowing what research has to say about how to optimise learning in classrooms, schools and other settings. It aims, first and foremost, to inform practice and educational reform. It will be of particular interest to teachers, education leaders, teacher educators, advisors and decision makers, as well as the research community
Also available in French: Comment apprend-on? La recherche au service de la pratique.
Includes bibliographical references.
Analysing and designing learning environments for the 21st century -- Historical developments in the understanding of learning -- Executive summary -- The crucial role of motivation and emotion in classroom learning -- The cognitive perspective on learning -- Co-operative learning: what makes group-work work? -- Learning from the developmental and biological perspective -- The role of formative assessment in effective learning environments -- Implementing innovation: from visionary models to everyday practice -- Future directions for learning environments in the 21st century -- The effects of family on children's learning and socialisation -- Prospects and challenges for inquiry-based approaches to learning -- The community as a resource for learning -- Learning with technology -- Foreword.
What do we know about how people learn? How do young people’s motivations and emotions influence their learning? What does research show to be the benefits of group work, formative assessments, technology applications, or project-based learning and when are they most effective?  How is learning affected by family background? These are among the questions addressed for the OECD by leading researchers from North America and Europe. This book brings together the lessons of research on both the nature of learning and different educational applications, and it summarises these as seven key concluding principles.   Among the contributors are Brigid Barron, Monique Boekaerts, Erik de Corte, Linda Darling-Hammond, Kurt Fischer, Andrew Furco, Richard Mayer, Lauren Resnick, Barbara Schneider, Robert Slavin, James Spillane, Elsbeth Stern and Dylan Wiliam. The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice is essential reading for all those interested in knowing what research has to say about how to optimise learning in classrooms, schools and other settings. It aims, first and foremost, to inform practice and educational reform. It will be of particular interest to teachers, education leaders, teacher educators, advisors and decision makers, as well as the research community
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