The Well-Trained Mind podcast

The Importance of Modeling, Copying, and Memory Work

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In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett discuss one of the most important, albeit misunderstood, elements of a classical education: modeling and copying. 


Show Notes: 

  • "In Defense of Memorization" by Michael Knox Beran
  • Via Forbes “Why Memorizing Stuff Can be Good for You”
  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:52) - Modeling, copying and how we learn
  • (07:31) - Copying and modeling in the writing stage
  • (25:07) - Copying and modeling in the rhetoric stage
  • (30:52) - Quick sidenote!
  • (32:37) - Memorization in the educational process
  • (40:49) - Debunking misconceptions about memorization
  • (41:08) - Misconception #1: Memorization is opposed to critical thinking
  • (44:13) - Misconception #2: People forget what they memorize
  • (45:38) - Misconception #3: Memorization is will kill a love for learning
  • (48:54) - Putting Susanna on the spot
  • (51:37) - Outro
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