Experience Isn't Enough: The Science of Becoming an Expert Teacher
Most teachers gain years of experience. Very few reach the level of true expertise.
Research shows that teachers' skills improve most rapidly in the first three to five years of their careers, after which they reach a plateau because the teaching methods they develop as beginners become automatic habits.
Do you often default to the methods that you picked up at the start of your career when you were just trying to maintain order?
Are you deliberately improving your craft, or has your growth stalled?
Do you understand the foundations of how the brain processes, stores and retrieves information?
Have you ever felt that your methods are not resulting in the deep understanding you expected?
If these questions resonate, this session is for you. Whether you are a teacher, professor, trainer, or educational leader, join us to discover how to use research-backed strategies to elevate teaching and drive measurable impact on students.
Join us for an interview-style conversation with Dr. Nidhi Sachdeva and Dr. Paul A. Kirschner, global education leaders and authors of a groundbreaking book 'Becoming an Expert Teacher' where we discuss:
Dimensions that differentiate expert teachers from others
Research-backed strategies to support students' attention, comprehension, and retention
Common myths about learning that can actually hinder learning
How to break through the "performance plateau" by using ‘deliberate practice’
Format: 🗣️ Live, interview-style chat with Dr. Nidhi Sachdeva and Dr. Paul A. Kirschner + Live Audience Q&A
About the speakers:
Dr. Nidhi Sachdeva is an educator and international speaker dedicated to advancing evidence-informed education. Her work bridges educational technology, microlearning, and teacher education, focusing on translating cognitive science into effective instructional design and teaching. She is a Sessional Lecturer at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, and a Course Director at York University, with more than two decades of teaching experience. She also serves as Chair of researchED Canada and as Learning Science Program Advisory Committee Member with the Association for Talent Development (ATD). Through her leading Science of Learning (SoL) blog/newsletter with over 26K subscribers, she empowers educators globally to move beyond intuition and strongly advocates for equitable, deliberate scientific practices to improve teaching and learning outcomes.
Dr. Paul A. Kirschner is Professor Emeritus at the Open University of the Netherlands and a world-renowned authority on learning and memory. He has authored seminal books such as How Learning Happens, Instructional Illusions, and Ten Steps to Complex Learning. Over his influential career, Kirschner has published more than 450 scientific articles and remains a leading advocate for grounding education in human cognitive architecture. He is widely recognized for critically examining educational myths and challenging "urban legends" to ensure that instructional practices are consistently based on robust scientific evidence.