## The workings of learning - How do people learn? - How does learning work?  ## Resources for you to learn more about how learning works  ### The _Carpentries_ instructor training materials  [http://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/](http://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/) > ## Challenge: How do you go about learning something new? How do you approach learning new things? (3min + 5min) > > - Which is the most effective approach for you to learn? > - Read about it > - Attend a training session! > - Have a go? > - Do, reflect, process, further understand? > - Make a list of three approaches that work for you when you want to learn something new (from the most complete to the least effective) > - Discuss it with your partner and compare. {: .challenge} > ## Challenge: What is learning, in your opinion/experience? (5 min) > > - Discuss with a partner and write in the GDoc one or more definitions of what learning is, in your opinion/experience. {: .challenge} ## Learning theory There is no universal theory of learning, but evidence-based research results support some learning principles, which are today accepted and applied.  ## Six strategies for effective learning (based on evidence from cognitive research)  _Six Strategies for Effective Learning_, by Yana Weinstein, Megan Smith & Oliver Caviglioli is licensed under a Create Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. It is based on work that can be found at [http://www.learningscientists.org, teachinghow2s.com/cogsci](http://www.learningscientists.org, teachinghow2s.com/cogsci)  > ## Challenge: How do you understand the six strategies for effective learning? (10 min) > > - Work in groups of three > - Carefully read the strategies as a group > - Pick one strategy you like (with no overlapping with the other groups) > - Discuss how you would implement it as teacher/instructor {: .challenge} ## 7 evidence-based learning principles #### Principle P1: Students' prior knowledge can help or hinder learning. #### Principle P2: How students organise knowledge influences how they learn and apply what they know. #### Principle P3: Students motivation determines, directs and sustains what they do learn. #### Principle P4: To develop mastery, students must acquire component skills, practice integrating them, and know when to apply what they have learned. #### Principle P5: Goal-directed practice coupled with targeted feedback enhances the quality of students' learning. #### Principle P6: Students' current level of development interacts with the social, emotional, and intellectual climate of the course to impact learning. #### Principle P7: To become self-directed learners, students must learn to monitor and adjust their approaches to learning.  > ## Challenge: How do you understand the seven principles of learning? (10 min) > > - Work in groups of three. > - Carefully read the strategies as a group. > - Pick one principle that is not clear to you. > - Ask one question. {: .challenge}  >## Challenge: Teaching or training? (3 min + 3 min) >- Based on your experience, what are in your opinion the differences between teaching and training? >- Identify two main differences >- Discuss them with your partner >- Write them in the Gdoc (share them with us) {: .challenge} {%comment%} $$$ ## The workings of learning - How do people learn? - How does learning work?  --- ## Resources for you to learn more about how learning works  --- ### The _Carpentries_ instructor training materials  [http://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/](http://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/) --- ## Challenge: How do you go about learning something new? How do you approach learning new things? (3min + 5min) - Which is the most effective approach for you to learn? - Read about it - Attend a training session! - Have a go? - Do, reflect, process, further understand? - Make a list of three approaches that work for you when you want to learn something new (from the most complete to the least effective) - Discuss it with your partner and compare. --- ## Challenge: What is learning, in your opinion/experience? (5 min) - Discuss with a partner and write in the GDoc one or more definitions of what learning is, in your opinion/experience. --- ## Learning theory There is no universal theory of learning, but evidence-based research results support some learning principles, which are today accepted and applied. ---  --- ## Six strategies for effective learning (based on evidence from cognitive research)  --- _Six Strategies for Effective Learning_, by Yana Weinstein, Megan Smith & Oliver Caviglioli is licensed under a Create Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. It is based on work that can be found at [http://www.learningscientists.org, teachinghow2s.com/cogsci](http://www.learningscientists.org, teachinghow2s.com/cogsci)  --- ## Challenge: How do you understand the six strategies for effective learning? (10 min) - Work in groups of three - Carefully read the strategies as a group - Pick one strategy you like (with no overlapping with the other groups) - Discuss how you would implement it as teacher/instructor --- ## 7 evidence-based learning principles #### Principle P1: Students' prior knowledge can help or hinder learning. #### Principle P2: How students organise knowledge influences how they learn and apply what they know. #### Principle P3: Students motivation determines, directs and sustains what they do learn. #### Principle P4: To develop mastery, students must acquire component skills, practice integrating them, and know when to apply what they have learned. --- #### Principle P5: Goal-directed practice coupled with targeted feedback enhances the quality of students' learning. #### Principle P6: Students' current level of development interacts with the social, emotional, and intellectual climate of the course to impact learning. #### Principle P7: To become self-directed learners, students must learn to monitor and adjust their approaches to learning.  --- ## Challenge: How do you understand the seven principles of learning? (10 min) - Work in groups of three. - Carefully read the strategies as a group. - Pick one principle that is not clear to you. - Ask one question. ---  --- ## Challenge: Teaching or training? (3 min + 3 min) - Based on your experience, what are in your opinion the differences between teaching and training? - Identify two main differences - Discuss them with your partner - Write them in the Gdoc (share them with us) --- $$$ {%endcomment%}