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Deep and Durable Learning episodes
- Constrained by Capacity
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Learning is sabotaged when the cognitive load of the task is too high as well as when it is too low. Learn how to optimize cognitive load.
31 min - Chunks: A Creative Cognitive Strategy
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Chunking removes the obstacle of our extremely limited working memory by leveraging the hard-wired pattern making of the brain to create networks of powerful, logically-linked concepts.
28 min - Forgetting is Fortunate
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The brain ruthlessly discards information, but relentless forgetting allows us to remain flexible as learners.
35 min - Patterns of Patterns
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New concepts don’t float around but are logically negotiated into an appropriate place in our mental framework of concepts.
31 min - Constructing Concepts
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The process of concept (idea) formation in the brain is the universal mechanism for learning with understanding.
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- How The Human Brain Learns
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Knowledge of the human brain enables us to optimize learning. Exploring the 7 C's of Cognition.
26 min - Who Needs Experts?
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There is currently a mood of dismissal and even denigration of experts. "Strongly held opinions should be granted the status of facts," say some laypeople. This episode explains why learning requires transformative expertise outside oneself.36 min - Memorizing Irrelevant Stuff
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Educational curricula are obsessed with information. Rigor means more information is covered. Learn how to overcome the systemic prioritization of information over real knowing.36 min - Coming out of the Fog: Epistemology Part 2
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Knowledge requires a human knower. A person can be said to know something when they believe it to be true and they can justify that belief using reason and evidence.27 min
About Deep and Durable Learning
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Most learning is superficial and fades quickly. This podcast will equip you to move to learning that is durable because it is deep. Deep learning lasts because it respects the way the brain works.…
Inquiring minds want to know "how" and "why"—not just what!