Sabine Gysi

The learning society

Talks and lively discussions with Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Paul Bloom

Public event at KOSMOS, Zurich – watch the video recording now

by Sabine Gysi / June 18, 2019

Learning technologies

Technology to help combat loneliness and isolation

Lana Yarosh is developing augmented reality solutions to facilitate interactions when families are separated

Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 2, 2019

Learning technologies

Digital mental health apps: Separating the good from the bad

Stephen Schueller explores the role of technology in the future of mental health care

Interview by Sabine Gysi / April 24, 2019

Learning in the 21st Century

A long way to go: Learning in the 21st century

What shapes how children – and all of us – are learning in the 21st century?

by Sabine Gysi / March 11, 2019

The learning individual

Poor sleep affects teens’ development – an easy way to make a difference

Adriana Galván talks about her research and an easy way to improve teenagers' sleep

Interview by Sabine Gysi / February 22, 2019

The learning individual

How does poor sleep quality affect children’s ability to learn?

Jared Saletin discusses why sleep is so important for children and adolescents

Interview by Sabine Gysi / February 15, 2019

The learning individual

How smart is it to go to bed with your phone?

Kerstin Hödlmoser looks at the impact of blue-enriched light on sleep and how it affects memory consolidation and emotion regulation

Interview by Sabine Gysi / February 1, 2019

Learning technologies

Using daily interactions with e-learning platforms to predict achievement

Margherita Malanchini on how future personalized learning environments might help all students reach their full potential

Interview by Sabine Gysi / January 28, 2019

The learning individual

“Curiosity and openness matter more than diligence and perseverance”

Margherita Malanchini explains why curiosity, creativity, and self-confidence are crucial for a child’s success in reading and math

Interview by Sabine Gysi / January 25, 2019

The learning individual

More sensitive people are also more responsive to positive experiences

Michael Pluess studies individual differences in sensitivity to experiences

Interview by Sabine Gysi / January 23, 2019

The learning individual

Neglect in early childhood has deep effects on how body and brain develop

Megan Gunnar explains how the body modifies its stress physiology in response to harsh or supportive environments

Interview by Sabine Gysi / November 26, 2018

The learning individual

Descendants bear imprints of ancestral traumas

Brian Dias explains how post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety can be passed on from one generation to the next

Interview by Sabine Gysi / November 19, 2018

The learning society

“How can we be lifelong learners if learning happens only at school?”

Lasse Leponiemi on the importance of self-determined, lifelong learning in the 21st century, and innovations that help achieve that goal

Interview by Sabine Gysi / November 5, 2018

The learning individual

“Our brain is trying to be plastic most of the time”

Takao Hensch looks at the biological basis of brain plasticity and explains how his findings might be of practical benefit to individuals

Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 29, 2018

Learning contexts

“Neuroscientists and teachers need to work together”

Education expert Davide Antognazza discusses how neuroscientists and educators might work more closely together

Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 19, 2018

Learning technologies

“Technology for teaching content is only one aspect of digitalization”

Daniel Schunk discusses often forgotten aspects of digitalization and the changing role of teachers

Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 12, 2018

Learning technologies

“Digitalization is an opportunity to eradicate inequity in education”

Daniel Schunk discusses what schools should consider when creating a digital learning environment

Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 10, 2018

The learning individual

How easily someone is disgusted predicts their general moral notions

David A. Pizarro explains one possible reason why moral, social and political judgments differ so widely

Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 29, 2018

The learning individual

Acquiring decision-making strategies takes time

Sebastian Horn explains how school-age children systematically use recognition memory as a cue in their judgments

Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 24, 2018

The learning individual

What core capacities are uniquely human?

Hannes Rakoczy talks about understanding the role that language and culture play in shaping the core capacities of human beings

Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 10, 2018

The learning individual

How can we promote our cognitive health?

Sabrina Guye discusses her research into the kinds of activities that are beneficial for the brain and cognition

Interview by Sabine Gysi / July 6, 2018

The learning individual

Encouraging children to work together and to develop their metacognition

Chris Frith explains why children need to learn to judge how good they are at doing things

Interview by Sabine Gysi / June 29, 2018

The learning individual

“Training is important, but it’s not the whole story”

Cognitive neuroscientist and concert pianist Fredrik Ullén talks about what playing music does to our brains – and what it doesn’t do

Interview by Sabine Gysi / June 13, 2018

The learning individual

“Babies’ brains are equipped to handle more than one language”

Language learning begins much earlier than one might think, and numerous factors play an essential role in that process, Janet Werker says

Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 30, 2018

The learning society

Maltreatment has long-term negative effects on a productive life

Manuel Eisner talks about the victimization of young people and its consequences for their life chances

Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 28, 2018

Learning contexts

Students exposed to more hardworking peers achieve higher grades

Ulf Zölitz discusses his new research on the effects of peer personality on educational achievement

Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 22, 2018

The learning individual

How the brain develops, grows, and learns throughout our lives

A two-minute animated introduction to brain development

by Nora Maria Raschle and Sabine Gysi / March 28, 2018

The learning society

Blaming smartphones, but missing the point

The "new digital divide" entails new opportunities for most young people, but increased risk for the most vulnerable, says Candice Odgers

Interview by Sabine Gysi / February 21, 2018

The learning society

“Morality demands thinking with the head and not the heart”

Cognitive scientist Paul Bloom talks about building a sense of morality and how a too-narrow notion of “empathy” can cause misjudgments

Interview by Sabine Gysi / January 12, 2018

The learning individual

“Just being around peers seems to encourage curiosity”

How does curiosity develop in children, and what role does it play in learning? Are the effects of discouraging curiosity reversible?

Interview by Sabine Gysi / December 15, 2017

Learning contexts

Attentive learners’ brains are on the same wavelength

Why social dynamics in the classroom matter for learning

Interview by Sabine Gysi / December 8, 2017

Learning contexts

Preschool education can be very effective, but the details matter

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn examines how well preschool education programs work and what can be done to make them better

Interview by Sabine Gysi / December 6, 2017

Learning contexts

“Constantly ask yourself if your students have achieved their objectives”

Education researcher Klaus Zierer explains how today’s teachers can deal with society’s challenges while in turn challenging their students

Interview by Sabine Gysi / November 30, 2017

Learning contexts

In Britain, life expectancy of poorest children is 8-9 years shorter

Candice Odgers about sharing the tools that help implement better policy and change the trajectories of children’s lives

Interview by Sabine Gysi / November 29, 2017

The learning individual

Some children are biologically more sensitive to their environment

Children who are the most affected by adversity are also the ones who are most sensitive to the supportive aspects of their environments

Interview by Sabine Gysi / November 22, 2017

The learning society

“There’s no denying that relying on stereotypes simplifies life”

Sociologist Cornelia Kristen explores possible causes of inequalities in the educational attainment of immigrants

Interview by Sabine Gysi / November 13, 2017

Learning contexts

Some of the most important behaviors are contagious

Emily Falk's research looks at how using messages from the media and peer influence can help people make good decisions

Interview by Sabine Gysi / November 8, 2017

The learning individual

Play in childhood supports same skills that underlie scientific reasoning

Children’s curiosity and scientific reasoning skills are affected when early playful experiences are cut short

Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 25, 2017

The learning individual

How do certain gene variants shape kids’ development and life outcomes?

Understanding education-associated gene variants could help to devise interventions that will promote positive development for all children

Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 18, 2017

Learning technologies

Blended learning poised to reshape education in Africa

Miora Randriambeloma, co-founder of the startup Chalkboard Education, explains how e-learning is changing African education for the better

Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 17, 2017

The learning individual

Kids growing up in poverty struggle to acquire vital cognitive abilities

Silvia Bunge on developing interventions to better support the learning of goal-directed behavior and reasoning in children

Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 11, 2017

Learning technologies

Technologies can augment learning for children with autism

Gillian Hayes talks about her work to develop technologies that can support children with autism in achieving independent living goals

Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 4, 2017

The learning society

Understanding adult learning is key to quality in early child development

We learn best when we are observed and receive supportive feedback. This holds true for the parents and teachers who educate our children

Interview by Sabine Gysi / September 27, 2017

Learning contexts

How to design people’s environments so they can benefit from programs

Better ways to engage children and parents from economically disadvantaged backgrounds with early interventions, using behavioral economics

Interview by Sabine Gysi / September 13, 2017

The learning society

Two crucial factors in children’s long-term development

Should policymakers and educators be focusing on early care and education or on afterschool programs?

Interview by Sabine Gysi / September 6, 2017

The learning individual

Identifying the best learning strategy for each individual child

Understanding the varieties of memory functioning will be helpful in developing individualized learning strategies

Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 30, 2017

Learning technologies

Socially aware technology may help disadvantaged children learn

Justine Cassell talks about the social infrastructure of learning and how “socially aware” technology can increase students' learning gains

Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 23, 2017

Learning contexts

To what extent does poverty compromise children’s development?

An extensive clinical trial that will follow children from birth and test them at age three will provide answers

Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 9, 2017

The learning society

“Track-based school systems tend to separate students by ethnicity”

Hanno Kruse explains how a variety of factors interact to affect integration in a neighborhood

Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 3, 2017

The learning individual

DNA variants account for 9% of achievement differences in 16-year-olds

Sophie von Stumm explains how behavior - an important factor in children’s ability to learn - is influenced by genes

Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 2, 2017

The learning society

“We need to stop gap gazing”

Iheoma Iruka says we should think of how and why the gap in black boys’ achievement is there and what we can do to eliminate it

Interview by Sabine Gysi / July 19, 2017

The learning individual

Increased exploratory behavior in adolescents: risky, yet also beneficial

Brain changes during the transition from childhood to adolescence provide opportunities for learning, says Wouter van den Bos

Interview by Sabine Gysi / July 11, 2017

The learning individual

Almost one in four children experiences developmental or health struggles

Nora Raschle talks about the critical time window in children’s and adolescents’ brain development when developmental disorders manifest

Interview by Sabine Gysi / July 4, 2017

The learning individual

Why do number symbols count? Early screening and interventions for math

Daniel Ansari talks about what happens in children’s brains when they learn numerical symbols

Interview by Sabine Gysi / June 27, 2017

Learning contexts

“Productive Failure produces learning outcomes for the 21st century”

Manu Kapur, Professor of Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich, explains his concept of “Productive Failure” (Part 2)

Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 29, 2017

Learning contexts

“We can take this powerful mechanism and deliberately design it to learn”

Manu Kapur, Professor of Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich, explains his concept of “Productive Failure” (Part 1)

Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 26, 2017

The learning individual

Has educational neuroscience actually had an impact on education so far?

Cognitive neuroscientist Silvia Bunge talks about the brain’s sensitive periods and the importance of learning reasoning skills early on

Interview by Sabine Gysi / January 18, 2017

The learning society

“Self-regulation contributes to economic success and a healthy lifestyle”

Behavioral economist Ernst Fehr talks about how self-regulatory and motivational skills can be taught

Interview by Sabine Gysi / January 9, 2017

Learning technologies

What makes an app educational?

App developers and researchers should work together, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and her co-researchers say

by Sabine Gysi / August 31, 2016

The learning society

“Media literacy is a tool, not a subject in the educational canon”

Economist and psychologist Henning Mueller talks about e-learning, media literacy and the educational system in Germany

Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 17, 2016

Learning contexts

“Exposure to a prosocial role model shows strong effects”

Fabian Kosse explains how valuable a mentoring program can be in helping children develop to their full potential

Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 8, 2016

BOLD

Let’s be BOLD about learning

Does the world really need another science blog? We believe so

by Sabine Gysi / August 2, 2016