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SUMMARY:The Expert Learner: An LfL Seminar with Gordon Stobart - Gordon St
 obart
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CONTACT:Louise Johns-Shepherd
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will look at what we know about acquiring\nexpert
 ise in diverse areas\, such as sport and music and seek to apply it to edu
 cation\, particularly to classroom teaching. \n\nChallenging the widely-he
 ld belief that excellence is the result of innate ability\, Gordon Stobart
 ’s research\, published in his new book\, _The Expert Learner_\, shows h
 ow ability is developed\nthrough applied learning and deliberate practice.
 \n\nDrawing on studies about expertise\, _The Expert Learner_\nhighlights 
 the importance of:\n\n* Providing opportunities and support to develop ski
 lls\n* Being motivated to succeed\n* Undergoing extensive deliberate pract
 ice\n* Building powerful mental models to handle and organise information\
 n* Receiving continuous and effective feedback to\nimprove performance\n* 
 Developing self-regulation to monitor performance\n\n“If I were to recom
 mend just one book that all teachers\, parents\, employers and politicians
  who are interested in education should read\, it would be this one. Not o
 nly is it full of engaging stories\, underpinned by important research\, b
 ut it goes to the very heart of what it is to be a successful learner and 
 effective teacher.”\n\nProfessor Mary James\, University of Cambridge\, 
 UK\n\nAll welcome. Free to attend.
LOCATION:Room GS4\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ
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