Description
This influential work explores how teaching can be designed to make complex ideas accessible, meaningful, and intellectually rewarding for learners at every stage of development. It examines the roles of structure, readiness, motivation, discovery, and language in learning, arguing that effective instruction should foster understanding rather than mere memorization. Drawing on psychology, education, and cognitive science, the book presents enduring principles for curriculum design, including the importance of revisiting core concepts with increasing depth. Its clear, ambitious account remains a foundational contribution to modern educational theory and the study of how people learn.
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paperback
Belknap Press
Published Jan 3, 2004
192 pages
ISBN: 9780674897014
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First Published
1966
Language
eng
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