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Title: How We Learn
Author: Benedict Carey
Narrator: Jeff Harding
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-11-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind
Publisher's Summary:
In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today - and how we can apply it to our own lives.
From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. Were told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual if we want to ace that test, memorize that presentation, or nail that piano recital.
But what if almost everything we were told about learning is wrong?And what if there was a way to achieve more with less effort?
In How We Learn, award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey sifts through decades of education research and landmark studies to uncover the truth about how our brains absorb and retain information. What he discovers is that, from the moment we are born, we are all learning quickly, efficiently, and automatically; but in our zeal to systematize the process we have ignored valuable, naturally enjoyable learning tools like forgetting, sleeping, and daydreaming. Is a dedicated desk in a quiet room really the best way to study? Can altering your routine improve your recall? Are there times when distraction is good? Is repetition necessary? Careys search for answers to these questions yields a wealth of strategies that make learning more a part of our everyday lives - and less of a chore.
By road testing many of the counterintuitive techniques described in this book, Carey shows how we can flex the neural muscles that make deep learning possible. Along the way he reveals why teachers should give final exams on the first day of class, why its wise to interleave subjects and concepts when learning any new skill, and when its smarter to stay up late prepping for that presentation than to rise early for one last cram session. And if this requires some suspension of disbelief, thats because the research defies what weve been told, throughout our lives, about how best to learn.
The brain is not like a muscle, at least not in any straightforward sense. It is something else altogether, sensitive to mood, to timing, to circadian rhythms, as well as to location and environment. It doesnt take orders well, to put it mildly. If the brain is a learning machine, then it is an eccentric one. In How We Learn, Benedict Careyshows us how to exploit its quirks to our advantage.
Members Reviews:
Very informative
Great book that challenges the assumptions we have about how we learn. I have lots of new strategies!
Excellent book. Wish I had read it before studying
This book should be essential reading for every person before they begin a period of study. It is also a book that would be valuable for trainers and teachers alike.
I now know why working hard for long hours did not pay off!
I love this book. It will make a big difference to how I learn in the future.
A practical primer on the latest in learning
I use the lessons I learned here with my children, my own learning and with my clients in my training business because they work. Good book, snappy writing style so the content is never dry. If you've got children facing exams the sooner they learn these tactics the better.
