Education and Learning: An Evidence–based Approach

We are continually presented with new teaching strategies based on advances in technology or developmental neuroscience. But what does all this evidence mean? And whose opinions can we really trust? Education and Learning offers an accessible introduction to the most recent evidence–based research results into optimal teaching methods, how one learns, and all facets of our contemporary education system.   The book explores the myriad factors that affect learning – from ability, creativity, and gender, to culture, metacognition, and lifelong learning – and presents the most up–to–date theories and research undertaken in each field. To enhance comprehension theories are presented alongside carefully chosen research examples and real–life case studies.. Accessible and timely, Education and Learning offers invaluable insights into gaining an understanding of the science behind our current approaches to education.

Jane Mellanby is Emeritus Fellow in Experimental Psychology at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford.  Mellanby is the creator of VESPARCH, a verbal and spatial reasoning test designed to identify children who are under–achieving relative to their potential.   Katy Theobald is a public service delivery consultant at 2020 Delivery. She has experience teaching mathematics in both the UK and India, and her research includes exploration of the impact of career guidance counsellors on secondary school students’ educational progression.