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Over the last hundred years, researchers have discovered an enormous amount about how people learn and how best to teach them. Unfortunately, much of that knowledge has not yet been translated into common classroom practice, while many myths about education have proven remarkably persistent. This two-day class has two goals: Please fill in this form if you wish to take part in this course. Priority is given to members of our partner organizations, but we run several open-enrolment classes each year as well. The class will be hands-on throughout: short lessons will alternate with individual and group practical exercises, including practice teaching sessions. Those who complete the two full days and some short follow-up exercises online will be certified to teach Software Carpentry and/or Data Carpentry. Software Carpentry has run variations on this course since 2012 for over 500 people, and the current material reflects the latest iteration of an ongoing process to refine what new instr

Over the last hundred years, researchers have discovered an enormous amount about how people learn and how best to teach them. Unfortunately, much of that knowledge has not yet been translated into common classroom practice, while many myths about education have proven remarkably persistent. This two-day class has two goals: Introduce participants to a handful of key research findings and show how they can be used to help people learn better and faster. Introduce participants to the teaching practices that have been adopted by the Software and Data Carpentry communities, and the overall…

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