Deep and Durable Learning
57 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsMost learning is superficial and fades quickly. This podcast will equip you to move to learning that is durable because it is deep. Deep learning lasts because it respects the way the brain works. Inquiring minds want to know "how" and "why"—not just what!
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How The Human Brain Learns
January 08, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBKnowledge of the human brain enables us to optimize learning. Exploring the 7 C's of Cognition.
Who Needs Experts?
November 27, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBThere is currently a mood of dismissal and even denigration of experts. "Strongly held opinions should be granted the status of facts," say some laypeople. This episode explains why learning requires transformative expertise outside oneself.
Memorizing Irrelevant Stuff
November 13, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBEducational curricula are obsessed with information. Rigor means more information is covered. Learn how to overcome the systemic prioritization of information over real knowing.
Coming out of the Fog: Epistemology Part 2
October 30, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBKnowledge requires a human knower. A person can be said to know something when they believe it to be true and they can justify that belief using reason and evidence.
Confusion Says: Epistemology Part 1
October 16, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBInformation and Knowledge are not the same thing. Learning is much more than collecting information! Join me as we explore how data is used to create information and information is used by human knowers to create knowledge.
The Dark Side of Information
October 02, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBInformation is readily available, but so is misinformation. Don't believe everything you see on your screen. Actively resist your native confirmation bias that shops for prepackaged opinions that square with your preconceptions/tribe. Learning requires intellectual humility that assumes a willingness to be taught.