How We Learn

Outline

How We Learn (2020) explains what brain science reveals about learning and how we can use it to learn better. Stanislas Dehaene describes the four pillars of learning: attention, active engagement, error feedback, and consolidation through sleep. He shows why the human brain is such a powerful learning machine and offers practical lessons for students, parents, and teachers.

• Learning rests on four pillars: attention, active engagement, error feedback, and consolidation through sleep.
• Brain science explains how we learn, and that knowledge can be used to learn better.
• The human brain is a remarkably powerful learning machine.
• Stanislas Dehaene offers practical lessons for students, parents, and teachers.

Stanislas Dehaene is a French cognitive neuroscientist and professor at the Collège de France who studies how the brain learns to read, count, and become conscious. He has chaired France’s scientific council for education and received many international awards. His books include Reading in the Brain, Consciousness and the Brain, and How We Learn.