Volume/Issue :

Article type :

Short communication

Page No :

127-134

Abstract :

Emeritus Professor John Sweller is presently a professor of Education at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. After receiving the Bachelor’s degree in 1969 at the University of Adelaide, he completed a PhD degree at the same university in 1972.The name of John Sweller is associated with the cognitive load theory, an instructional theory based on our knowledge of human cognitive architecture. The theory is a contributor to both research and debate on issues associated with human cognition, its links to evolution by natural selection, and the instructional design consequences that follow.

Keywords :

interview, chemistry textbook, John Sweller

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Cite as :

Cardellini, L. (2015). An interview with John Sweller. Švietimas: politika, vadyba, kokybė / Education Policy, Management and Quality, 7(3), 127-134. https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/15.7.127