Two recently published books bring together some important insights with significant implications for education and the school library.
Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance , by Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna, published by Bloomsbury/St Martin’s Press. The Guardian, Society Opinion.
Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More than It Thinks, By Guy Claxton Yale University Press. The Times Higher Education review.
Continue reading The age of discovery: the embodied mind, complex systems and the school library
There are two fields of study that I would like to bring together to create a deep but accessible framework to examine the impact of the environment on student learning. Of particular interest to me is the impact of the presence books on learning in combination with other technologies however this framework could be applied to many other aspects of the learning environment.
The Library Element 