Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
- ISBN 10: 0470279303
- ISBN 13: 9780470279304
- Author: Daniel T. Willingham
- Edition: Hardcover
- Release: 2009-03-16
- Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
- List Price: $24.95
- Tags: Nonfiction, Education, Education Theory, General, General AAS, Pedagogy
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Book Description: Kids are naturally curious, but when it comes to school it seems like their minds are turned off. Why is it that they can remember the smallest details from their favorite television program, yet miss the most obvious questions on their history test? Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham has focused his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning and has a deep understanding of the daily challenges faced by classroom teachers. This book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learnrevealing the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences.
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