The 16 Principles of Learning (with Josh Kurzweil)
Channel: Teacher Training - World Learning
Date: 2024-03-26

Learn about the 16 Principles of Learning and how you can use them in your daily teaching practice! Download them below!
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Over the last 100 years, a lot of research has been published about effective teaching and the science of learning, but much of it is in academic journals. More recently, however, there has been an emphasis on making this research accessible for a general audience. This brought up three questions for Josh:

1. How can we integrate this research into an experiential course (like the SIT TESOL Certificate program)?
2. How can we make research meaningful to participants?
3. How can we avoid reinventing the wheel?

His answer was "The Principles of Learning". Watch Josh's presentation to find out what these principles are and how you can use them in your teaching practice!

Download the Principles of Learning here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pZFsKZWrOwh_4ysqfJ8LcFKaCwPJJvol3aK6YUkqBB0/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs
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ABOUT
Josh Kurzweil has been teaching and training since 1990. He began with the SIT TESOL Certificate Course in 2000 and ran centers and training of trainers (TOTs) in Kyoto, Japan and Berkeley, CA, USA. He is the author of Understanding Teaching Through Learning* with Mary Scholl, which was a book published in 2006 as part of a project between SIT and McGraw Hill. In that book, Josh and Mary introduced the ECRIF framework*, which is often used on SIT TESOL Certificate Courses. He currently does teaching, training, and consulting through his company Berkeley LTC* with Jennifer Gemma White.

*LINKS
Understanding Teaching Through Learning: https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Teaching-Learning-International-Frameworks/dp/0073533793/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391320645&sr=1-1&keywords=understanding+teaching+through+learning
ECRIF Framework: https://www.ecrif.com/
Berkeley LTC: https://www.berkeleyltc.com/
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SIT TESOL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
https://www.sit.edu/academics/tesol-center/
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Reflection on Learning
3:19 Science of Learning
4:55 Puzzles/Three Questions
5:26 The Principles of Learning
6:25 Reflection Informed by Research
7:31 Learning to Play the Guitar: Josh's Experience
9:06 Apply The Principles of Learning to Josh's Experience
10:39 Linking Principles to Experiences
11:05 Summary