Studying challenges
Neither school nor college is teaching how to learn education material properly. We are drilling monotonous tasks to pass the exams, which unfortunately doesn't give the real knowledge.
Conclusion: Learning process is essential, but why it isn't widely taught? And what can we do about it?
There are certain techniques and exercises which are helping to change the approach to education and make it effective and thrilling! Similar techniques are being used in Practicum by Yandex.
Learning Techniques
5 Strategies by Barbara Oakley
Two attention modes
Thorough knowledge is possible if you combine focused and diffused ways of thinking
Recall
Create brain-chains with practice, repetition, and recall
Interleave
Switch back and forth between learning different skills.
Questions
Ask teachers,instructors questions which really challenge you!
Test yourself
Have others test you. Teach others. All of these are related to recall.
TED Talks
For those who like procrastinating
Barbara Oakley's Story.
Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her options—both to rise in the military and to explore other careers—she returned to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life.
Feynman Technique
Learn once and forever
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More Interesting Facts
About learning and brain activity
2.1 billion
Amount of neurons in the human brain
86 billion
People who are seeking continuous education
The World Bank, 2017
1000 terabytes
The memory capacity of a human brain
500 trillion
Amount of neural connections the adult has.
420 million
People younger than 25 years old without higher education.
The World Bank, 2017
17-20 years old
Peak of the learning curve
1885
Forgetting Curve discovered
1889
Conditioned response discovered
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
Sal Khan's passion and innovation is transforming learning for millions of students worldwide. The One World School is a must-read for all who are committed to improving education so students everywhere can gain the skills and knowledge to be successful in school, careers and life.
Learning strategies
by Josh Kaufman
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Choose an exciting project.
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Focus on just one skill.
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Establish your goal - small, but doable.
4
Break the skill down into smaller parts.
5
Set up your space for learning.
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Remove barriers.
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Set up a time frame for learning.
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Allow some room for self-correction.
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Spend the actual 20 hours learning.
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Pay attention to quality and speed of learning.
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