How People Learn - 3rd Edition by Nick Shackleton-Jones (Paperback)

About the Book

Understand how people learn and think, and how to create experiences that transform them.

Book Synopsis

Discover how to design learning that actually changes how people think, work and perform.

How People Learn gives mid-career learning and development professionals, educators and instructional designers the tools to create impactful, evidence-based and future-ready learning experiences.

Written by leading L&D expert Nick Shackleton-Jones, this updated third edition offers a new paradigm for understanding how to make a difference. Drawing on neuroscience, cognitive psychology, philosophy and first-hand experience designing learning for organizations around the world, this book reveals what truly happens when people learn, and how to use that insight to design training that drives measurable performance improvement.

Built around the proven 5Di model, it shows how to define, design and deploy learning that fits seamlessly into real workflows and supports learning in the flow of work. You'll discover:

- How AI is similar and dissimilar to humans, and what that means for how we teach machines (and humans) to learn
- How to create immersive, scenario-based experiences that mirror real-world challenges
- How to build user-centered, performance-driven learning solutions that last
- Why experience design, not content delivery, is the future of learning
- How to change minds and behaviours and why rational argument is almost never the right tool

How People Learn is for psychologists, HR leaders, educators and those of us who are simply interested in understanding what makes people tick. It will help you design learning that inspires, engages and delivers real results.

Themes include: learning design, L&D strategy, workplace learning, performance improvement, neuroscience, human behaviour, cognitive science, education

Review Quotes

"If you've been looking for a fresh way to think about learning, professional development, and the future of schooling that isn't just a rehash of the same ideas, this is the book you've been looking for. While most worthwhile books add more to your stock of knowledge, there are those rare titles-Nick's is one of these-that reframe everything you already know, making it feel delightfully fresh and unfamiliar. Nick has a singular gift for translating big, abstract ideas (which have the capacity to cross contexts) into practical principles. His book offers completely original frameworks and distinctions that have real explanatory power. The affective context model and tools like the distinction between 'push' and 'pull' approaches make it genuinely easier to think what's happening in situations where we want to direct and accelerate peoples' learning. And that makes it easier to craft more memorable learning activities, sharper interventions, resources that people will actually use, and programs that will move the needles that matter. We're all hungry for bold ideas that will help us level up as teachers, coaches, mentors, learning designers. This book satisfies that craving."-- "Jonathan Powers, Ph.D., Professor of Arts & Humanities, Minerva University"

About the Author

Nick Shackleton-Jones is the CEO of Shackleton Consulting. His work focuses on building a better experience for employees and improving organizational performance. He was previously the HR Director of Learning at Deloitte UK and the Director of Learning Innovation and Technology at BP. He is based in Reading, UK.