Paul A. Kirschner
Paul A. Kirschner, dr.h.c. is Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands and Guest Professor at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences (Mechelen, Belgium. He holds an honorary doctorate at Oulu University (Finland) and is Research Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, the International Society for the Learning Sciences. and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. He is a former member of the Dutch Educational Council.
Biography
Paul A. Kirschner, dr.h.c. (1951) is Emeritus Professor Educational Psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands, Guest Professor at the Thomas More University of Applied Science in Mechelen, Belgium, Honorary Doctor (Doctor Honoris Causa) at the University of Oulu, Finland, and owner of kirschner-ED which carries out educational consultancy, masterclasses for teachers, school heads and educational policy makers, and keynotes/presentations at conferences and other educational get-togethers.He is a Research Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, the International Society of the Learning Sciences, and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Science. He is a past President (2010-2011) of the International Society of the Learning Sciences and former member of the Dutch Educational Council and the Scientific-Technical Council of the Foundation for University Computing Facilities (SURF WTR).
He is chief editor of Journal of Computer Assisted Learning and commissioning editor of Computers in Human Behavior. He has also published more than 350 scientific articles as well as many popular articles for teacher journals. As for books, he is co-author of How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology, Evidence Informed Learning Design, Urban Myths about Learning and Education and More Urban Myths about Learning and Education as well as of the highly successful book Ten Steps to Complex Learning, and editor of two other books (Visualizing Argumentation and What we know about CSCL).
He is seen as an expert in many areas and in particular the design of effective, efficient and enjoyable education, computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL), media use in education, and the acquisition of complex cognitive skills.
Education
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PhD
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Instructional Design
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
Lifelong learning
Information and communication technology in education
Practicals in higher education for the acquisition of cognitive, academic skills and competencies
Development of learning materials for teacher extensive education and distance learning
Design of electronic study environments for education
Text characteristics and learning processes
Open educational resources
Personal Interests
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Cooking
Websites
Books
News
Newest book: How Teaching Happens
By: Paul A. Kirschner
Subjects: Education
Building on their bestselling book How Learning Happens, Paul A. Kirschner and Carl Hendrick are joined by Jim Heal to explore how teaching happens. The book seeks to closely examine what makes for effective teaching in the classroom and how research on expert teaching can be used in practice.
Introducing 30 seminal works from the field of education psychology research, the learning sciences, and teaching effectiveness studies, each chapter takes an important work and illustrates clearly and concisely what the research means and how it can be used in daily practice. Divided into six sections the book covers:
- • Teacher Effectiveness, Development, and Growth
- • Curriculum Development / Instructional Design
- • Teaching Techniques
- • Pedagogical Content Knowledge
- • In the Classroom
- • Assessment
The book ends with a final chapter on "What’s Missing?" in how teachers learn to teach.
Written by three leading experts in the field with illustrations by Oliver Cavigioli, How Teaching Happens provides a clear roadmap for classroom teachers, school leaders, and teacher trainers/trainees on what effective teaching looks like in practice.
New Book!
By: Paul A. Kirschner
Subjects: Education
Our new book - How Learning Happens - will hit the streets on March 4, 2021. Don't miss it!
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Published: Mar 23, 2018
Published: Mar 23, 2018