Instructional Illusions
In classrooms worldwide, we often confuse busyness with learning, novelty with effectiveness, and engagement with deep understanding. In Instructional Illusions, Kirschner, Hendrick and Heal (2025) pull back the curtain on ten pervasive but misleading assumptions about teaching and learning—what look like good practices on the surface, but which cognitive science shows are often counterproductive. This […]
Teaching Gen Z: Adapting Your Approach to Empower Modern Learners
University faculty across the globe are facing a new teaching challenge—and opportunity—in the form of Generation Z. Born roughly between 1995 and 2012, these students have never known a world without high-speed internet or smartphones. They bring with them a distinct set of preferences, expectations, and needs that differ markedly from previous generations of learners. […]
