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What do you need to know, to teach well? -- Why another textbook? -- Why do people believe things? -- Cognitive bias -- The science of infant feeding -- The place of values -- The book -- ch. 1 Ideas That Shape Thinking About Teaching And Learning -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Psychology'...

ch. 3 Natural Pedagogy -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction: Nature and nurture -- yes, again -- What makes us human? -- The role of culture: Vygotsky -- Cognitive tools -- The role of schooling -- Language: The ultimate cognitive tool -- The Zone of Proximal Development -- School and culture -- Th...

Other consequences of the Flynn effect -- What about Multiple Intelligences? -- There is a g, but what exactly is that? -- Further reading -- ch. 5 Cognitive Tools In The Classroom -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Structures and processes -- Sensory memory -- Working memory -- Working memory...

Explaining people and their actions -- Attribution theory -- Patterns of attribution -- Stereotype threat -- Carol Dweck and mindsets -- Giftedness -- Some more cross-cultural observations: Potentials and limits -- Avoiding the fixed mindset: Harming by praising -- Meanwhile, back in the Anglosphere...

Further reading -- ch. 9 Teaching Unplugged: Talk For Learning -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Social psychology in the classroom -- Nurturing autonomy: Knowing when to let go -- Talk for learning -- Classroom talk -- The Five Nations Study: An international study of teaching and learning -...