jeudi 7 juin 2018

How to Learn How People Learn

Anyone, in this here Forum, got any recommendations for books describing, in some scientifically studied detail, HOW the average, general human being learns things, while debunking some bad assumptions about education techniques that have failed over the years?

I saw once, a long time ago, a reference to such a book, on this very forum, (possibly going back to its JREF days). Searching for it is going to take a while, I suspect, because it wasn't even in a thread on that subject. If I recall, it was mentioned offhand in another type of discussion which I cannot recall too many details of.

Even if no one comes up with that specific book, any others along those lines would be fine.

One book I found tangently useful to this topic is "Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)", by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson, which covers cognitive dissonance. If you want someone to learn that their ideas are bad ones, it is better to find a way to rethink their ideas for their own reasons, rather than confronting their most cherished beliefs directly. Otherwise they'll only reaffirm those beliefs.

Anything more directly related to the science of education, however, would be most appreciated.


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