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How We Learn

By: Monisha Pasupathi, The Great Courses
Narrated by: Monisha Pasupathi
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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.

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

Great insights!!

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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.

Awsome!

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

A rich resource for learning about how we learn

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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.

Worth every minute!

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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!

Really interesting, awesome narrator!

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

Kept me going.

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I enjoyed the course quite a bit. There is plenty of thought provoking material, as well as the requisite background for those somewhat new to the field. Can't give it a five, due to the slow and occasionally uneven delivery. At 125% speed, it was much improved. I feel the instructor is probably a rather good speaker who may have been thrown off by the recording process. Overall, I definitely recommend it.

Quality performance and material, can lag

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Some courses are a bit dry but this was interesting and the professor kept the pace fast and the material understandable.

This was really good!

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Broad overview of learning strategies. The next step would be to break down each one and take a more focused approach. A great start and she's easy to listen to.

Pretty good

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very informative! I'm glad I've stumbled upon this, I'll be ordering more to learn from!

wonderful! wonderful

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