‘We approach transfer not as some mystical superpower but as a skill that can be trained’ confirm Prof. Michael Thomas and Dr. Cathy Rogers in their latest and most insightful article about the transfer of learning. The authors (Centre of Educational Neuroscience) describe 'transfer as the ability to take learning from one situation and apply … Continue reading Why do teachers need to know about the transfer of learning?
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‘Emotion drives attention and attention drives learning […] students are on task when they see meaning in what they are doing’ – Dr. David Sousa
This post is the last in a series of four brief vlogs, presenting the renowned educational neuroscientist, Dr. David Sousa. In this video blog, Dr. Sousa discusses how emotion influences attention and how attention affects learning, as well as how challenging it is to learn something when you are not paying attention to it. He … Continue reading ‘Emotion drives attention and attention drives learning […] students are on task when they see meaning in what they are doing’ – Dr. David Sousa