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The power of mindful learning

Ellen J. Langer · 1997

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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.

Book details

Year
1997
Language
Chinese
Series
@ xin li xi = -- Psychology -- 005
Publisher
Ren ben zi ran wen hua shi ye you xian gong si
Editions
1
Pages
214
ISBN
9789574704965

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