Critical Thinking in Teaching & Learning

Although neuroscience has significantly advanced in the past three decades, this knowledge has not been translated to the classroom. Based on this premise, the author, a neuroscientist, shows that many of the current practices of teaching are not efficacious and thus discusses alternatives to enhance learning. This book also examines the main mechanisms of learning so the teacher will understand why current teaching methods may not be optimal and how to improve them. Also, by going into the neural mechanisms of learning, this book provides tools for the teachers to explore novel methods of learning using the new science of learning. This book will undoubtedly change some of the concepts about learning that we intuitively believe based on our observations. Readers will, therefore, be able to improve their teaching methods and learning of their students based on the non-intuitive new science of learning.