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‘You will quickly amaze and delight yourself. Hands down the best and most life-enhancing thing I’ve done in lockdown’ India Knight, Sunday Times

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world’s most widely used drawing instruction book. Whether you are a professional, a student, or enjoy art as a hobby, Betty Edwards’ practical step-by-step guide will give you greater confidence in your ability, deepen your artistic perception and provide a new way to appreciate the way you perceive the world around you.

This groundbreaking guide includes:
– Expert advice on materials to use and how to record your progress
– Specific focus on perceiving edges, spaces and relationships within your drawings
– Problem-solving techniques and guidance on continued development of your skills

Blending artistic teaching with psychology, Betty Edwards offers a practical grounding in drawing technique with exercises designed to help you utilise the intuitive and creative right side of your brain, dramatically improving your ability to draw.

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How Learning Happens introduces 28 giants of educational research and their findings on how we learn and what we need to learn effectively, efficiently, and enjoyably. Many of these works have inspired researchers and teachers all around the world and have left a mark on how we teach today.

Exploring 28 key works on learning and teaching, chosen from the fields of educational psychology and cognitive psychology, the book offers a roadmap of the most important discoveries in how learning happens. Each chapter examines a different work and explains its significance before describing the research, its implications for practice, how it can be used in the classroom and the key takeaways for teachers. Clearly divided into six sections, the book covers:

• How the brain works and what this means for learning and teaching

• Prerequisites for learning

• How learning can be supported

• Teacher activities

• Learning in context

• Cautionary tales and the ten deadly sins of education.

Written by two leading experts and illustrated by Oliver Caviglioli, this is essential reading for teachers wanting to fully engage with and understand educational research as well as undergraduate students in the fields of education, educational psychology and the learning sciences.

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