Why Don't Students Like School? Audiobook by Daniel T. Willingham
Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Why Don't Students Like School? Subtitle: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom Author: Daniel T. Willingham Narrator: Paul Costanzo Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 09-12-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 120 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind Publisher's Summary: 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 programs, 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 learn - revealing the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences. In this breakthrough book, Willingham has distilled his knowledge of cognitive science into a set of nine principles that are easy to understand and have clear applications for the classroom. Some examples of his surprising findings are: Why Don't Students Like School is a basic primer for every teacher who wants to know how their brains and their students' brains work and how that knowledge can help them hone their teaching skills. Critic Reviews: "Corporate trainers, marketers and, not least, parents - anyone who cares about how we learn - should find his book valuable reading." ( The Wall Street Journal)