Our Lives Matter S1E31: Worldviews and the Principles of Learning

Our Lives Matter

Jun 27 2024 | 00:15:17

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Show Notes

People live their lives using their abilities and ideas in their environments, and they think of new ideas in the process. The ideas they think of and learn over the course of their lives affect how they see the world. What does education psychology tell us about that? Teachers use principles of learning in school to make ideas memorable. How do those principles play out with ideas that we learn outside of school, and how does that affect how we remember them? ACT I Scene 1 [104 bpm] We’ve been talking about conflicts between worldviews. People live their lives…

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