Beyond teaching with instinct

Posted on February 2nd, 2017

Michael Feldstein, co-publisher of the e-Literate blog, advocates for the adoption of “learning science” in this article from Inside Higher Ed. Learning science is an interdisciplinary field that experiments with new instructional approaches and furthers the scientific understanding of learning. He argues that to meet current educational challenges, learning science should be brought to every classroom. This will require massive change, he states, from tenure and promotion, to the training of graduate students. While the transformation will not be easy, Feldstein believes there should be a commitment for teachers to work together to improve their knowledge of how teaching and learning work. “If you teach as part of your job,” he says, “then you must in some sense become a student of that discipline and a participant in that scientific endeavor.”

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/views/2017/01/23/going-beyond-teaching-instinct-embracing-learning-science-essay