There’s a language centre of the brain but no reading centre. We invented reading, and then we taught ourselves how to do it. Understand that you’re asking kids to do something that they haven’t evolved to do. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

David Geary: Why learning is hard - and how to make it easier

David Geary developed the theory of primary and secondary knowledge that underpins popular ‘science of learning’ ideas such as cognitive load theory, but is there any evidence for it? Could it become ...

In mijn (eerste) college educational psychology ga ik in op de neuronal recycling-theorie van Stanislas DeHaene: dat lezen in feite objectherkenning is en dat gebied in de hersenen dan ook deels 'overneemt'. Fascinerend onderzoek. En fijn dat de hersenen zo flexibel zijn.