How We Learn

by Monisha Pasupathi

Streaming video, 2011

Status

Available

Call number

370.1523

Publication

Great Courses (2011), 12 hours, 24 lectures, 201 pages

Description

Science. Nonfiction. HTML: Learning is a lifelong adventure. It starts in your mother's womb, accelerates to high speed in infancy and childhood, and continues through every age. Whether you're actively engaged in mastering a new skill, intuitively discovering an unfamiliar place, or even sleeping - which is fundamental to helping you consolidate and hold on to what you've learned - you are truly born to learn around the clock. But few of us know how we learn, which is the key to learning and studying more effectively. This series of 24 vibrant and accessible lectures has been designed to change that. Designed by an award-winning psychology teacher and expert on how people of all ages master new skills and information, it sheds light on what's going on when we learn and dispels common myths about the subject. Professor Pasupathi's many examples cover the modern history of research on learning, from behaviorist theory in the early 20th century to the most recent debates about whether IQ can be separated from achievement - and even whether a spectrum of different learning styles and multiple intelligences really exists. The lectures are also a rich source of readily implemented tips on how to excel in many different learning situations, including mastering difficult material, motivating children to learn, and preserving learning aptitude as we grow older..… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member A.Godhelm

A laundry list of experiments and outcomes from the earliest ideas about learning to late developments. It's a good overview but not actionable outside of 'takeaway tips' for each section. An actionable course would be structured very differently with far less historical overview.

Language

English

Original language

English

Local notes

[01] Myths about learning [02] Why no single learning theory works [03] Learning as information processing [04] Creating representations [05] Categories, rules and scripts [06] What babies know [07] Learning your native tongue [08] Learning a second language [09] Learning how to move [10] Learning our way around [11] Learning to tell stories [12] Learning approaches in math and science [13] Learning as theory testing [14] Integrating different domains of learning [15] Cognitive constraints on learning [16] Choosing learning strategies [17] Source knowledge and learning [18] Role of emotion in learning [19] Cultivating a desire to learn [20] Intelligence and learning [21] Are learning styles real? [22] Different people, different interests [23] Learning across the lifespan [24] Making the most of how we learn