How can we design learning that students attend to, think about, remember and use?
Apply evidence about attention, memory and cognitive load to a real teaching sequence, including deliberate choices about questioning, practice and technology.
A class can look settled and productive while pupils are completing work without connecting ideas, remembering what matters or doing enough of the thinking for themselves. Teachers make many small decisions about attention, memory, questioning, practice and technology that shape what learning lasts.
This course helps you use evidence from the science of learning to examine those decisions and design a real teaching sequence with greater care.
Design learning that pupils can attend to, think about, remember and use.
Starts 17 March 2027
In person · Stockholm, Sweden · Venue to be confirmed
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In person · Stockholm, Sweden · Venue to be confirmed
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In person · Stockholm, Sweden · Venue to be confirmed
Registering interest is free. A course run is confirmed once at least six participants have registered their interest. Until then, neither a place nor a course run is guaranteed. Booking terms →
Run the course with your own staff, on your own dates.
Day 1
Attention, cognitive load and prior knowledge, applied to your teaching.
Day 2
Retrieval, spacing, dialogue and productive struggle in daily practice.
Day 3
Checking understanding, responsive feedback and assessment that supports long-term learning.
Day 4
Redesigning a sequence, including deliberate decisions about technology and AI.
Every course we run is built on what research says makes professional learning change practice. Here is what that looks like in this one.
Research on attention, memory and cognitive load, retrieved and revisited across sessions.
You work on a real unit or sequence you teach now or soon.
Fixed small groups critique and rehearse the changes to your unit.
Your small group supports practical follow-through on your own teaching.
The course combines research input, practical classroom examples, discussion, collaborative analysis and structured time to work on your own teaching. Participants work with a real unit, sequence of learning or substantial piece of curriculum that they currently teach or expect to teach soon. Fixed small groups support critique, rehearsal and practical follow-through.
The course draws on research from cognitive science, the science of learning and international education research, including work on attention, memory, cognitive load, retrieval practice, cognitive activation, classroom dialogue and digital distraction.
The aim is not to turn research findings into universal classroom rules. Throughout the course, participants examine the strength and limitations of the evidence and consider how it applies across different ages, subjects and educational contexts.
EUR 420 per participant, incl. VAT
Facilitation and all course materials, a certificate of attendance, a selection of cultural activities in Stockholm, and fika every day: tea, coffee, something baked and something healthy.
Meals, travel and accommodation.
Most courses run at our base in Vasastan, a few minutes' walk from Odenplan, with cafés and a park close by. We confirm the venue with each group before the course. Arlanda is about 40 minutes away by commuter train or airport coach, with no change needed. Between sessions there is time to walk by the water and reflect. We find people learn better that way.
Getting here and where we work →Nick Praulins is co-founder of The Nordic Learning Company, where he leads our work with schools and educators, shaping the learning philosophy, pedagogy and programme design behind its education practice.
View profile →Marius Ketels is co-founder of The Nordic Learning Company, where he leads much of our work with companies and organisations, designing and facilitating programmes around leadership, teams and human performance.
View profile →Erasmus+ KA1 teacher mobility. Your organisation confirms eligibility and funding with its National Agency. We complete the Europass Mobility document for participants who request it.
You can move to another date or send a colleague at no cost. If you cancel more than four weeks before the start, we keep 30% of the fee; inside four weeks, we keep the full fee. If we cancel, you choose a full refund or another date.
What you’ll leave with
A practical grasp of attention, memory and cognitive load, and one redesigned teaching sequence.
Pairs well with
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Erasmus+ is the European Union’s programme for education, training, youth and sport. The Nordic Learning Company AB is an independent course provider, not endorsed by the European Commission or any National Agency. Member of the EU Pact for Skills. Based in Stockholm.
EUR 420 per participant, incl. VAT
Starts 17 March 2027
