How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)

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.

Series: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Paperback: 312 pages

Publisher: West Virginia University Press; 1st edition (October 24 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1946684643

ISBN-13: 978-1946684646

Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 8 inches

Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces