Professor Paul Kirschner

Speaker Summary

Paul A. Kirschner, dr.h.c. (1951) is Emeritus Professor Educational Psychology at the Open Universiteit (NL), Guest Professor at the Thomas More University of Applied Science in Mechelen, Belgium and owner of kirschner-ED. He is Research Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, International Society of the Learning Sciences, and Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Science. His most recent books are: How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice, Evidence Informed Learning Design, and More Urban Myths about Learning and Education: Challenging Eduquacks, Extraordinary Claims, and Alternative Facts.