Sioux Falls Feminists endorse How We Learn for explaining
how learning begins before we are born and can continue
through our entire life if we encourage it.
How We Learn
Lectures by Professor Monisha Pasupathi
How We Learn (2012)
24 lectures, 12 hours
How We Learn at TheGreatCourses.com
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 just 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. For example, you may be surprised by the following:
- People tend to misjudge what they have learned well, what they don't yet know, and what they do and do not need to practice.
- Moments of confusion, frustration, uncertainty, and lack of confidence are part of the process of acquiring new skills and new knowledge.
- Humans and animals explore their worlds for the sake of learning, regardless of rewards and punishment connected with success.
- You CAN teach an old dog new tricks. In fact, older learners have the benefit of prior knowledge and critical skills - two advantages in learning.
Shedding light on what's going on when we learn and dispelling common myths about the subject, How We Learn introduces you to this practical and accessible science in 24 half-hour lectures presented by Professor Monisha Pasupathi of the University of Utah, an award-winning psychology teacher and expert on how people of all ages learn.
Professor Monisha Pasupathi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah. A former postgraduate fellow of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, she has been recognized for her teaching by both the University of Utah and by Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology. Dr. Pasupathi takes her teaching skills outside the classroom through her work with The Leonardo interactive museum and the Utah Symposium in Science and Literature.
24 Lectures - 30 minutes each
| 1: Myths about Learning |
13: Learning as Theory Testing |
| 2: Why No Single Learning Theory Works |
14: Integrating Different Domains of Learning |
| 3: Learning as Information Processing |
15: Cognitive Constraints on Learning |
| 4: Creating Representations |
16: Choosing Learning Strategies |
| 5: Categories, Rules, and Scripts |
17: Source Knowledge and Learning |
| 6: What Babies Know |
18: The Role of Emotion in Learning |
| 7: Learning Your Native Tongue |
19: Cultivating a Desire to Learn |
| 8: Learning a Second Language |
20: Intelligence and Learning |
| 9: Learning How to Move |
21: Are Learning Styles Real? |
| 10: Learning Our Way Around |
22: Different People, Different Interests |
| 11: Learning to Tell Stories |
23: Learning across the Lifespan |
| 12: Learning Approaches in Math and Science |
24: Making the Most of How We Learn |
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How We Learn
Lectures by Professor Monisha Pasupathi
Sioux Falls Feminists endorse How We Learn for explaining
how learning begins before we are born and can continue
through our entire life if we encourage it.
