Science lecture 'How do we learn': the cognitive architecture

How do we learn?
 
Science college for teaching staff and post-active students in primary education/secondary education/intermediate vocational education/higher professional education 

By Paul Kirschner.

No two people are the same, but we all learn in the same way. This does not mean that we all have the same talent, learn equally quickly or slowly, or are all equally intelligent. What it does mean is that we are all the same cognitive architecture they process information into knowledge in the same way. Compare it with food. Although people differ enormously from each other, we all essentially have the same 'digestive architecture' and process what we eat in the same way.

In this science lecture, emeritus professor of educational psychology Paul Kirschner explains how we learn, what the different parts of our cognitive architecture are, how those parts work and interact with each other to process information into knowledge, and how we can promote this process; ie how we can make learning more effective, efficient and satisfying.

Paul A. Kirschner is an educational psychologist, researcher, and author known for his work in learning, memory, and instructional design. He is emeritus professor at the Open University, honorary doctor (Honorary Doctorate) at the University of Oulu, Finland, visiting professor at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Antwerp, and owner of his own educational consultancy firm kirschner-ED.