How We Learn

By: Monisha Pasupathi, The Great Courses

Narrated by: Monisha Pasupathi

Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

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 even 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.

This series of 24 vibrant and accessible lectures has been designed to change that. Designed by an award-winning psychology teacher and expert on how people of all ages master new skills and information, it sheds light on what's going on when we learn and dispels common myths about the subject.

Professor Pasupathi's many examples cover the modern history of research on learning, from behaviorist theory in the early 20th century to the most recent debates about whether IQ can be separated from achievement - and even whether a spectrum of different learning styles and multiple intelligences really exists.

The lectures are also a rich source of readily implemented tips on how to excel in many different learning situations, including mastering difficult material, motivating children to learn, and preserving learning aptitude as we grow older.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

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Awsome!

As with all of the Great Courses books I found it very informative. The narratior was great. , Very easy listen . Learned a lot about my self.

Great insights!!

It has giving me insight of how we learn. The narrator is clear in her explaination.

A rich resource for learning about how we learn

The lecture covers many areas without getting too technical. Good for both parents and teachers.

Excellent Book

I am a professor with more than 30 years of experience. I must admit that I have learned a lot!

Useful information in a bite sized bits.

East to listen to, entertaining stories which help listeners understand concepts. Wish I had the "textbook" for this to easily refer to certain topics

Enlightening

Chocked full of information. Helping me understand how I can learn easier and also how I can teach better to meet my students needs

Best study I've done in a long time.

The study takes you on a detailed journey of how and why people learn. I found myself applying several concepts within my daily life. Well done.

Worth every minute!

Struggling to at 60 as a first time Spanish student in a Guatemalan immersion program, I picked this listen to see what I was doing wrong. Come to find out I'm not doing anything wrong and my aging brain is doing just fine! And it confirmed for me the efficacy of the approach I'm taking. I can't recommend this lecturer highly enough. By far the best listen in a great group of lectures in general. You won't regret the investment in time or money.

Really interesting, awesome narrator!

This was a great lecture series if you're interested in the general concepts of learning, starting from when we are born all the way through old age. Some of the information I already knew, but a large portion of it was new to me, especially concerning particular studies. Dr. Pasupathi has a wonderful voice to listen to, she's very precise in how she words and explains concepts, and she has no problem saying when we just don't know something yet. Those were the parts I actually found most fascinating, because we are always told what we "know", but you don't necessarily hear about the shortcomings of those theories or the things we can't even begin to figure out how to test yet. My favorite lectures were definitely the last few. Those dealt with types of intelligence, learning styles, IQ, and all sorts of concepts you hear thrown around in daily life. Pasupathi breaks these down into where the ideas came from, how they have been used or misconstrued, and whether there is any merit or use for them. She did this with all of her lectures, but the last few were more interesting to me because they can be applied to everyday life. If you like psychology, or are particularly interested in how different people of all ages learn, then give this a shot!

Kept me going.

A little more descriptive information about the basic concepts and a little less repentance. Thanks.