How Learning Happens by Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick

This was a book I was very excited about. The back page has glowing commendations from Willingham, Wiliam and Sherrington. Hard to argue with that. It is beautiful looking with a clear structure and some lovely illustrations by Caviglioli. It contains 28 reviews of key research papers. For each it gives background, an abstract, aContinue reading “How Learning Happens by Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick”

What Does This Look Like in the Classroom by Carl Hendrick and Robin Macpherson

This is a superb book. It takes a range of key educational areas and reviews recent research and discusses how this can be applied practically. For me this came at the perfect time as I was getting more comfortable with the key themes of educational research and the consensus gathering but wanting some help applyingContinue reading “What Does This Look Like in the Classroom by Carl Hendrick and Robin Macpherson”