The Learning Revolution - Hardcover

Dryden, Gordon

 
9781929284009: The Learning Revolution

Synopsis

World record sales! 7.5 million copies sold in China in 25. That makes it by far the world's biggest selling books, outside the Bible, for 1999! This new edition, now available in America, is completely revised and tells the story of the learning revolution that is need to match the revolution in communications and technology. It presents the world's best research on how every one of us, at any age, can make that revolution happen now. And it tells it in a language that is as easy to read as The Reader's Digest. Among the topics covered: * How to learn anything much faster, better and more easily. * How to read four books a day and remember what you read. * How to learn the basics of a new language in 8 weeks. * How to bridge a 5 year reading gap in 10 weeks. * How to read and write before starting school. * How to make the most of your amazing brain. * How to Mind Map your way to better grades. * How to create successful, profitable ideas. * How to use the world's best learning technology.

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Review

Absolutely outstanding. The entire book is the most inspiring and comprehensive pulling together of all the various strands of learning research that I have ever seen. -- Colin Rose: author of Accelerating Learning

This is the book that I wish I had written. -- Sir Christopher Ball: Patron, The Campaign for Learning

From the Back Cover

Jeanette Vos and Gordon Dryden became top selling authors when they first published the book in 1993. Now they have collected even more exciting data and research from around the world and is included in this edition published in the UK by Network Educational Press. The Learning Revolution can make a real difference in the classroom. It includes: How to raise brighter, happier, healthier children How to catch up at school even if you're way behind How to catch up a 5-year reading gap in 10 weeks How to teach and train with the world's best methods How to create a learning organization Plus The 16 main trends to shape tomorrow's world The 13 steps to create a learning society The 20 steps to teach yourself anything you need The 12 steps to transform an education system And how to change the way the world learns

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