UNC Chapel Hill professor to lecture on how students learn

Todd Zakrajsek, executive director of the Academy of Educators, UNC School of Medicine, will present “How Students Learn: Strategies for Teaching Based on the New Science of Learning” at 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 376.

Zakrajsek, who also is an associate professor in the School of Medicine and the Department of Family Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill, is the author of “The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain.” The work was the Center for Teaching and Learning Common Read for the fall semester.

In the Oct. 30 session, attendees will receive evidence about how students learn and hear about methods to get students more involved in content.

This free event is open to the campus community; however, registration is requested.