Students in School of Extended Learning's Health and Wellness for Older Adults: Active Body, Active Mind class ( David Kafer photo) In classes, the best learners are often adult learners because they ...

Over at The Creativity Post, Annie Murphy Paul has an excellent piece called "Where's the Joy in Learning?", in which she mentions the research of Taina Rantala and Kaarina Määttä. The purpose of ...

The COVID crisis throws into relief what happens when grief has—quite literally—nowhere to go. The evidence suggests that most people summon strengths that surpass their own expectations. Over at The ...

The U.S. has all but forgotten Maria Montessori, the practical Italian idealist who founded her own brand of progressive education in 1907. Though once Americans acclaimed her, John Dewey’s permissive ...

We all know that thrilling feeling of learning something new — a new recipe, a new word in a foreign language, a new chord on the guitar. And yet, so many of us go through our workdays on autopilot ...

For many, this time of year signals the return to classrooms, the sharpening of pencils, and the eagerness accompanying new beginnings. Children and young adults, from kindergarten to college, embark ...

Evolutionarily speaking, we are built to enjoy learning. Neuroscientists (and those of us who spend time with young children) know this to be true—but institutionalized education tends to dim the joy ...

As La Jolla’s graduating high school seniors threw their caps in the air this month, the campuses recognized their top students, who threw a little advice their schoolmates’ way. A common lesson — the ...

There are no exams. No grades. No compulsory attendance. And the professors volunteer their time. “We’re here because we want to be here. We’re not watching the clock for when the class ends. We’re ...