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Natural Born Learners: Our Incredible Capacity to Learn and How We Can Harness It

by Alex Beard
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Revolutionizing learning for our information age.

If you're intrigued by the transformative power of education or have ever questioned the effectiveness of traditional schooling, "Natural Born Learners" can be a thrilling exploration. Alex Beard offers fascinating insights into the future of education, challenging the status quo with pioneering ideas and global perspectives. The book not only critiques our current systems but also provides a hopeful vision of what learning could become, making it an essential read for forward-thinkers and educational enthusiasts.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Natural Born Learners: Our Incredible Capacity to Learn and How We Can Harness It

by Alex Beard
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ISBN: 9781474604710
Author: Alex Beard
Publisher: W&N
Date of Publication: 2018-04-05
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Personal Development, Politics, Science
Related Topics: Psychology, Leadership, Personal Development, How To, Political Science, Society, Education
Goodreads rating: 3.96
(rated by 280 readers)

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How will our kids succeed in the coming age of education? Combining anecdote, experience and intelligent research, education insider Alex Beard takes us on a global tour of the future of learning. Learning is the soul of our species. From our first steps to our last words, we are what we learn. Our education predicts our earnings, our contentment, even how long we'll live. But for all its obvious importance, learning has lost touch with human progress. We live in an information age, work in a knowledge economy, yet our schools remain relics of an industrial era. No more. In Natural Born Learners, Alex Beard takes us on a dazzling tour of the future of learning to show how today we can - and must - do better. Combining expert insight, entertaining anecdote and intelligent research, Beard leads us from the crowded corridors of a South London comprehensive to the high-tech halls of Silicon Valley, through the exam factories of South Korea to the inclusive classrooms of Finland. Tackling everything from artificial intelligence to our growing understanding of the infant brain, and from the content of our character to the way classrooms are unwitting engines of extremism, Beard shows that we're on the cusp of a revolution - and that learning in the twenty-first century must change in order for us to access our better future selves.
 

Revolutionizing learning for our information age.

If you're intrigued by the transformative power of education or have ever questioned the effectiveness of traditional schooling, "Natural Born Learners" can be a thrilling exploration. Alex Beard offers fascinating insights into the future of education, challenging the status quo with pioneering ideas and global perspectives. The book not only critiques our current systems but also provides a hopeful vision of what learning could become, making it an essential read for forward-thinkers and educational enthusiasts.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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