learning, psychology of

Examines research in the education field, revealing the latest developments that are revolutionizing education in the United States and changing the ways students learn in the classroom.

Discusses the need for educational reform, focusing on the content of an education and how it should be presented, mastered, put to use, and passed along; and uses the three examples of the theory of evolution, the music of Mozart, and the Holocaust to explore the author's call for an educational system that pursues truth, beauty, and morality.

The Making Learning Visible Project is a collaboration between research teams based at Project Zero and the Municipal Infant Toddler Centers and Preschools of Reggio Emilia.

Presents a discussion of intellectual character as it is nurtured in schools, examines the practices of teachers who promote thinking dispositions and intellectual character development through daily routines, expectations, encouragement, and classroom relationships, and offers advice on how to get started teaching for intellectual character.