The power of mindful learning
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The power of mindful learning
（A Merloyd Lawrence book）
Addison-Wesley, 1998
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-156) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Radical in its implications, this original and important work may change forever the views we hold about the nature of learning. In The Power of Mindful Learning, Ellen Langer uses her innovative theory of mindulness, introduced in her influential earlier book, to dramatically enhance the way we learn. In business, sports, laboratories, or at home, our learning is hobbled by certain antiquated and pervasive misconceptions. In this pithy, liberating, and delightful book she gives us a fresh, new view of learning in the broadest sense. Such familiar notions as delayed gratification, "the basics", or even "right answers", are all incapacitating myths which Langer explodes one by one. She replaces them with her concept of mindful or conditional learning which she demonstrates, with fascinating examples from her research, to be extraordinarily effective. Mindful learning takes place with an awareness of context and of the ever-changing nature of information. Learning without this awareness, as Langer shows convincingly, has severely limited uses and often sets on up for failure.With stunning applications to skills as diverse as paying attention, CPR, investment analysis, psychotherapy, or playing a musical instrument, The Power of Mindful Learning is for all who are curious and intellectually adventurous.
Table of Contents
* Introduction * When Practice Makes Perfect * Creative Distraction * The Myth of Delayed Gratification * 1066 What? or The Hazards of Rote Memory * A New Look at Forgetting * Mindfulness and Intelligence * The Illusion of Right Answers
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