Twelve ways to be a more successful learner

By Mitchell Institute International Adviser, Professor Bill Lucas

By By Mitchell Institute International Adviser, Professor Bill Lucas
Community contribution / April 13, 2018

What do you really need to learn in life? How do you teach students to excel? What do successful learners do differently from others? What, in short, are their habits of mind?

Over the last two decades the learning sciences have begun to provide some powerful answers to these questions.

Here are ...

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By By Mitchell Institute International Adviser, Professor Bill Lucas

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Bill Lucas is Professor of Learning at the University of Winchester, co-chair of the PISA 2021 tests of Creative Thinking, International Advisor at Mitchell Institute at Victoria University and author of many influential books including Educating Ruby: What our children really need to learn.

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