Tag archief: education

“Yes, iPad Apps Can Help Your Child Learn To Read”, but was this the correct question anyway?

6 november 2014 door Pedro 1 reactie

Deze post verscheen op mijn Engelstalige blog, maar lijkt me hier ook interessant. From experience to meaning… I read a piece on FastCoLabs on research conducted by Susan B. Neuman on the effect of children working with the Learn With Homer-app. The controle group worked with another app that was on music and math. As the article describes: […]

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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in Research on Learning and Education

2 november 2014 door Paul A. Kirschner 8 reacties

Methods and principles from different scientific domains are, of course, usable in the learning sciences / educational psychology. One example is the scientific method. Often ascribed to Sir Francis Bacon (the 16th century natural philosopher and not the 20th century artist for those of you who are now going to Google® this or who need […]

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Desiderius Erasmus – On a liberal education for children

3 september 2014 door Paul A. Kirschner 1 reactie

Sometimes, the Butterfly Defect (Gavriel Solomon) leads to something relevant and interesting. Here an excerpt from De pueris instituendis [On a liberal education for children], written by Desiderius Erasmus in Italy and published in 1529 which I accidentally came across. It is a clear statement of Erasmus’ enormous faith in the power of education, and […]

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