Learning Sciences Textbook Published Today
We finally did it. The team of learning scientists in the LSRI at the University of Nottingham (Shaaron, Pryce, Peter, Johnny and Lenka) have been working to create an introductory text that explores what the learning sciences can offer for teaching. It's an account of the learning sciences for people who are not, or not yet, learning scientists. We are thinking master's students, advanced undergraduates and teacher education courses (or staff rooms).
Introducing the Learning Sciences: Insights and Implications for Teaching
It's relatively short, and we hope relatively readable, and tries to introduce key concepts from the learning sciences in ways that empower people to adopt and adapt these ideas. It is grounded in a view that learning is embodied, representational and relational, so it covers classic topics such as cognitive processes, socio-cultural foundations and emotional and motivational considerations. We don't cover the field's history, but we do speculate about where we might be going. We also try to balance coverage of...