How Learning Happens introduces 32 giants of educational research and their findings on how we learn and what we need to know to learn effectively, efficiently, and enjoyably. Many of these works have inspired researchers and teachers all around the world and have left a mark on how we teach today.

Paul A. Kirschner is Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands as well as Guest Professor at the Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Belgium. He also has his own educational consulting company, kirschnerED.

Carl Hendrick is Professor at Academica University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.