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Summary:

"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." -- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. Curiosity
• 2. Sociality
• 3. Emotion
• 4. Authenticity
• 5. Failure
• Epilogue.

Author/Creator:

Eyler, Joshua , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

How humans learn: the science and stories behind effective college teaching [by Eyler, J.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: How humans learn [by Eyler, J.] (First edition; ©2018 — ISBN 1946684643; LCCN 2018025280; OCLC Number 1028606864)

Related Series:

Teaching and learning in higher education (West Virginia University Press)

Subjects:

Brain — Research

Cognitive neuroscience

Cognitive learning

Learning, Psychology of

College teaching — Psychological aspects

College teaching — Methodology

Brain

College teaching

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-269) and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2018).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 281 pages).

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

LB2331 .E98 2018eb

ISBNs:

9781946684660 (electronic book)
194668466X (electronic book)
9781946684653 (hardcover) [Invalid]
1946684651 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9781946684646 (paperback) [Invalid]
1946684643 (paperback) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2018025280 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1066188379