How People Learn

EDU HPL101 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

How People Learn (HPL) is designed to help you develop a flexible, foundational understanding of how people develop over the lifespan; how people learn; and how educators might successfully design, lead, and create systems to support others’ learning and growth. In HPL, you will become familiar with current research and practice on human learning and development and use core concepts to analyze real educational initiatives around the world through HPL’s in-depth, media-rich “Field Studies.” You will grapple with problems of practice that educators in varied roles are confronting—the kinds of dilemmas that you will face in your career in education. You will have opportunities to personalize your learning experience by choosing to focus on materials and problems tied to your professional interests and aspirations, selecting which areas to explore in depth, engaging with your peers in discussion, and crafting your own proposed design for a learning experience or initiative grounded in course concepts. The course allows for flexible asynchronous progress but features numerous optional opportunities for live, synchronous engagement with the teaching team and peers. HPL is four credits and takes place June 1 to July 16.