There's no such thing as passive learning. Learning is cognitive activity. Being busy doesn't mean you're cognitively busy. And choosing good pedagogical, we call it in the Netherlands, didactic techniques to have students be cognitively engaged. Real difficulties is a way, generative learning from Logan Furella and Rich Meyer,. Those are being cognitively engaged - that's what you want to do.
Join math professor, Anna Stokke, in conversation with Dr. Paul Kirschner, a renowned educational psychology researcher and speaker. This episode will be of interest to anyone involved in teaching, whether they work with children or adults, or simply have an interest in education.
Dr. Kirschner explains how we process information in our brains, and how this can be applied to improve teaching practices. He shares insights on effective teaching techniques such as spaced practice, scaffolding, the worked example effect, among others. Additionally, he dispels some common education myths and critiques teaching methods lacking research-based evidence.
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MUSIC
Intro and Outro music by Coma Media - Catch it
Transition music by Podington Bear – Camp
EPISODE TRANSCRIPT
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