The Spark of Learning by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Historically we have constructed our classrooms with the assumption that learning is a dry, staid affair best conducted in quiet tones and ruled by an unemotional consideration of the facts. The field of education, however, is beginning to awaken to the potential power of emotions to fuel learning, informed by contributions from psychology and neuroscience. In friendly, readable prose, Sarah Rose Cavanagh argues that if you as an educator want to capture your students' attention, harness their working memory, bolster their long-term retention, and enhance their motivation, you should consider the emotional impact of your teaching style and course design. To make this argument, she brings to bear a wide range of evidence from the study of education, psychology, and neuroscience, and she provides practical examples of successful classroom activities from a variety of disciplines in secondary and higher education.-
Ungrading
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Inclusive Teaching
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Radical Hope
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How Humans Learn
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Minding Bodies
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Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone
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Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom
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Skim, Dive, Surface
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Teaching About Race and Racism in the College Classroom
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Geeky Pedagogy
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Practical Pointers for University Teachers
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Assessing Learners in Higher Education
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Developing Student Capability Through Modular Courses
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Teaching the Literature Survey Course
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Teaching Matters
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Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology
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Intentional Tech
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Assess Your Own Teaching Quality
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Picture a Professor
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Teaching for Learning at University
Sarah Rose Cavanagh, PhD, is a psychologist, professor, and Associate Director of the D'Amour Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College. Her research focuses on the connections between emotions and quality of life, particularly how our emotion regulation strategies influence our well-being. Dr. Cavanagh is the author of The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion, and she has contributed to publications like The Chronicle of Higher Education and WholeLiving magazine. She lives with her family and friends in Massachusetts, where she can be close to both pumpkin patches and the sea.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781943665334 |
| ISBN 10 | 1943665338 |
| Title | The Spark of Learning |
| Author | Sarah Rose Cavanagh |
| Series | Teaching And Learning In Higher Education |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | West Virginia University Press |
| Year published | 2016-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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