The Science of Learning
About Course
National STEM Learning CentreDescription
Improve your teaching by discussing the science of learning
What is learning? How does it work? On this course you try and answer these questions, exploring how you can use the science of learning to inform your teaching and support your students’ learning.
Drawing upon educational neuroscience and psychology (and combating neuroscience myths), you will learn how to interpret research to be better informed about how your students learn. Throughout the course, you will reflect on your own practice as a teacher, learning how to justify and improve your approach.
Who will you learn with?
I taught science for ten years and was Head of Science for three years, before becoming a subject specialist at the National STEM Learning Centre
Who developed the course?
The National STEM Learning Centre provides world-class professional development activities and resources to support the teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.
What Will I Learn?
- Explore how the science of learning applies to your classroom to provide insight into how your students learn and their learning potential
- Develop your approach to engaging students with their learning
- Apply an understanding of what is happening in the brain to improve your students’ longer term memory and retrieval of knowledge
- Discuss and articulate your teaching and learning choices with your colleagues
- Engage in action research and collaborate with researchers in the science of learning
Topics for this course
Busting myths
What is learning?00:01:49
Neuroscience and education: bridging the gap
Supporting your professional development
Fact or fiction?
Exploring the science of learning
Great refresher for me. The presenter speaks clearly. The material is well organized and easy to understand.
This is the second time I've looked at this course, which USES educational neuroscience and psychology (and the myths that counter neuroscience) to learn how to interpret research in order to better understand how our students learn.
The course is good, most of the Suggestions about science to improve teaching.
This course is more suitable for training as a novice teacher, which I think is very good.