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"If we teach in the way that human brains learn, both students and their teachers will thrive! Written by teachers, administrators, parents, and learning scientists, Making Schools Work offers case studies of schools, including a statewide system, that are all realizing a 6 Cs approach to learning focused on collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation, and confidence"--
About the author
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek is a professor of psychology at Temple University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Roberta MichnickGolinkoff is the Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Education at the University of Delaware.
Kimberly Nesbitt is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of New Hampshire.
Carol Lautenbach is assistant superintendent for teaching and learning design (retired) in the Godfrey-Lee Public Schools (Wyoming, MI).
Elias Blinkoff is a graduate student in developmental psychology at Temple University.
Ginger Fifer is a past teacher and school administrator at Friends' Central School (Wynnewood, PA).
Summary
If we teach in the way that human brains learn, both students and their teachers will thrive! This book aligns evidence from the learning sciences on how and what students need to learn with classroom practice (pre-K-12).
