Learning About Learning

Teaching for effective learning: introduction

Teaching for Effective Learning  was first published in 1996 with the aim of promoting professional reflection and debate about new and emerging aspects of learning and teaching. 

It has recently been refreshed and updated to reflect important developments that have taken place in learning. Each of the 11 sections focuses on a new or emerging area, for example, the role of emotions in learning, thinking skills, the learning brain and the use of ICT. The underpinning concepts, principles and methodologies associated with each area are explained and the implications for both teachers and learners are reviewed. 

This revised version of the document addresses the section, 'What do we know about how people learn?'   It has not reviewed related developments in teaching or pedagogy.

The author of Teaching for Effective Learning: How we Learn (2007) is Learning Curve Software.

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Teaching for effective learning - how we learn

Read an overview of current thinking on how people learn.

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Teaching for effective learning - potential

Find out more about children's potential and the implications on learning and teaching.

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Teaching for effective learning - intelligence

Find out more about different theories of intelligence and the implications for learning and teaching.

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Teaching for effective learning - emotions and feelings

Find out about the effect that emotions and feelings have on our ability to learn and success in later life, and the implications for learning and teaching. 

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Teaching for effective learning - self-motivation

Find out about how motivation works and the implications for learning and teaching.

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Teaching for effective learning - difference

Find out about different learning styles and gender differences and the implications for learning and teaching.

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Teaching for effective learning - the learning brain

Find out more about the learning brain and the implications for learning and teaching.

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Teaching for effective learning - thinking and understanding

Find out about thinking and understanding and the implications for learning and teaching.

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Teaching for effective learning - creativity

Find out about creativity and the implications for learning and teaching.

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Teaching for effective learning - assessment

Find out about the move from using purely summative assessment to using formative assessment, the implications this has for teaching and learning.

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Teaching for effective learning - learning together

Find out more about how children can learn from working together in collaboration and the implications this has for learning and teaching.

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Teaching for effective learning - ICT

Find out about how children today are immersed in the new information and communication technologies and the implications this has on learning and teaching.