The power of mindful learning
by Ellen J. Langer
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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 one up for failure.
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Xue xi, jiu shi yi zhong xiang shou: ni ye ke yi ba xue xi he gong zuo bian cheng "wan le" de dai ming ci
2006, Ren ben zi ran wen hua shi ye you xian gong si
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-156) and index.
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