Categorie: Educational psychology

Paul A. Kirschner As an experienced researcher, reviewer, and supervisor/mentor of hundreds of young academic researchers, I have experienced a problem, namely that young academics often don’t “know the masters”. Without this knowledge, they often redesign many wheels and aren’t Read More …

It is not nature or nurture. Nor is it nature and nurture. . . . Life emerges only from the interaction between the two: There are no genetic factors that can be studied independently of the environment, and there are Read More …

La Fondation Jean Piaget pour recherches psychologiques et épistémologiques a été créée en 1976 par Jean Piaget afin de favoriser l’essor de ces disciplines. En 2006 le présent site internet est créé dans le but premier de rendre accessible par voie Read More …

How can you measure the learning outcomes of play? This has frustrated professionals in the field of early childhood education for years. It has been well documented that play is an essential piece in children’s learning, especially in creative learning and Read More …

Can mindfulness—a nonreligious form of meditation that teaches students to breathe, focus, and center themselves in the present moment—help reduce any of the detrimental effects of classroom stress or hectic student schedules? Can it help students learn, leading to gains Read More …

Neuroscience and education: myths and messages. Surveys of teachers in countries with very different cultures have revealed similarly high levels of belief in several neuromyths. This prevalence may reflect the fact that neuroscience is rarely included in the training of Read More …