At last night's CAPSC meeting, Dr. Sharon Friesen referenced the book "How People Learn," citing it as the best research available at this time on student learning. You can download it for free from the National Academies Press website. She also shared that Inspiring Education and Action on Inclusion were written to be in alignment with the research in the book.
Dr. Friesen also talked about the history of public education and its genesis in the factory model and why we need to rethink the model and transform learning to meet the needs of our students in a world characterized by increasing globalization and the use of digital technologies. You can watch her Inspiring Education video on this topic at Youtube.
She also has a video on EDTalks entitled, "Creating knowledge building environments" that captures much of what she had to say about what really influences student learning.
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