Alex Beard

Learning is the soul of our species. From our first steps to our last words, we are what we learn. Our education predicts how much we'll earn, how content we will be, even how long we'll live. But for all its obvious importance, learning has lost touch with human progress. We live in an information age, work in a knowledge economy, yet our schools are relics of an industrial era. In Natural Born Learners, education insider Alex Beard takes us on a dazzling tour of the future of learning to show how we can - and why we must - do better. Weaving together expert insight, entertaining anecdote and intelligent research, Beard leads us from the crowded corridors of a London comprehensive to the high-tech halls of Silicon Valley, through the exam factories of South Korea to the inclusive classrooms of Finland to reveal that today we stand on the cusp of a learning revolution. Tackling everything from artificial intelligence to our growing understanding of the infant brain, from the roots of creativity to the way classrooms can be unwitting engines of extremism, this book is a user's guide to transforming learning in the twenty-first century and roadmap to accessing our better future selves.

Our Incredible Capacity to Learn and How We Can Harness It

Natural Born Learners

Can warthogs fly? Do tigers eat broccoli? For answers, follow along as Warthog lies his way to the throne in this timeless, yet most timely, Tale from the Watering Hole. Will the Truth catch up with the king? ​Find out as Alex Beard's whimsical animals come to life to illuminate real world truths for children of all ages. With a nod to Aesop and Kipling, this funny and pointed parable has lessons for everyone, from the playground to the boardroom and beyond!

The Lying King

Nick Paumgarten

New Orleans-based painter and admired children's author Alex Beard is the creator of a unique style of painting called "Abstract Naturalism," which combines abstract expressionism with naturalist environmental art. Included in this lavishly produced collection are works he's made over the past twenty-five years.

Abstract Naturalism/the Painting of Life

A Brush with Nature

The Black Rhino and his friend Tikbird wonder why Crocodile is crying. They are hesitant to ask him as Crocodile has a reputation for eating animals that come too near! So they circle the area, asking each animal they see why Crocodile is crying. But the animals to ask are difficult to find as their numbers are growing ever smaller.

Crocodile's Tears

Nuestra educación permite vaticinar nuestro grado de aprendizaje y satisfacción en el futuro, e incluso cuánto tiempo viviremos. Sin embargo, pese a su extraordinaria importancia, la enseñanza y el aprendizaje han perdido el contacto con el progreso humano. Vivimos en la era de la información, trabajamos en la economía del conocimiento, pero nuestras escuelas son reliquias de la era industrial. En Otras formas de aprender, Alex Beard, conocedor del mundo de la educación, nos guía en un recorrido deslumbrante por el futuro de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje, para mostrarnos cómo y por qué debemos hacer mejor las cosas. Abordando todos los temas, desde la inteligencia artificial hasta nuestra comprensión creciente del cerebro del niño, desde las raíces de la creatividad hasta la forma en la que las aulas pueden ser motores involuntarios del extremismo, Beard nos conduce de los pasillos abarrotados de una escuela integrada de Londres a los pabellones de alta tecnología de Silicon Valley, pasando por las fábricas de exámenes de Corea del Sur y las aulas inclusivas de Finlandia, para revelarnos que nos hallamos en el umbral de una revolución del aprendizaje.

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Learning is the soul of our species. From our first steps to our last words, we are what we learn. But for all its obvious importance, learning has lost touch with human progress. We live in an information age, work in a knowledge economy, yet our schools are relics of an industrial era. Education insider Alex Beard takes us on a dazzling tour of the future of learning to show how we can - and why we must - do better. Tackling everything from artificial intelligence to our growing understanding of the infant brain, Natural Born Learners is a user's guide to transforming learning in the twenty-first century and roadmap to accessing our better future selves.

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