The nature of learning : using research to inspire practice / edited by Hanna Dumont, David Istance and Francisco Benavides.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Dumont, Hanna.

Istance, David.

Benavides, Francisco.

Series:

Educational research and innovation.

Educational research and innovation, 2076-9660

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research.

Education.

Education--Research--Methodology.

Learning--Evaluation.

Learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Paris] : OECD Pub. : Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Also available in French: Comment apprend-on? La recherche au service de la pratique.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612797538

9781282797536

1282797530

9789264086487

926408648X

OCLC:

781625158