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Even on good days, teaching is a challenging profession. One way to make the job of college instructors easier, however, is to know more about the ways students learn. How Humans Learn aims to do just that by peering behind the curtain and surveying research in fields as diverse as developmental psychology, anthropology, and cognitive neuroscience for insight into the science behind learning.

The result is a story that ranges from investigations of the evolutionary record to studies of infants discovering the world for the first time, and from a look into how our brains respond to fear to a reckoning with the importance of gestures and language. Joshua R. Eyler identifies five broad themes running through recent scientific inquiry—curiosity, sociality, emotion, authenticity, and failure—devoting a chapter to each and providing practical takeaways for busy teachers. He also interviews and observes college instructors across the country, placing theoretical insight in dialogue with classroom experience.

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Unique and compelling. Eyler brings lyrical prose and a truly fresh perspective to problems that have stubbornly persisted."" - Michelle D. Miller, author of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology

How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind

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      Publisher West Virginia University Press
      Published 30 October 2018
      ISBN-13 9781946684646
      978-1946684646
      ISBN-10 1946684643
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      Cognition and cognitive psychology Higher education, tertiary education Teaching skills and techniques

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Even on good days, teaching is a challenging profession. One way to make the job of college instructors easier, however, is to know more about the ways students learn. How Humans Learn aims to do just that by peering behind the curtain and surveying research in fields as diverse as developmental psychology, anthropology, and cognitive neuroscience for insight into the science behind learning.

      The result is a story that ranges from investigations of the evolutionary record to studies of infants discovering the world for the first time, and from a look into how our brains respond to fear to a reckoning with the importance of gestures and language. Joshua R. Eyler identifies five broad themes running through recent scientific inquiry—curiosity, sociality, emotion, authenticity, and failure—devoting a chapter to each and providing practical takeaways for busy teachers. He also interviews and observes college instructors across the country, placing theoretical insight in dialogue with classroom experience.

      Trade Review
      Unique and compelling. Eyler brings lyrical prose and a truly fresh perspective to problems that have stubbornly persisted."" - Michelle D. Miller, author of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology

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