Rethinking How We Learn: The Power of Deep and Meaningful Learning

Join me on another learning adventure by rethinking how we learn. We'll investigate some extremely powerful theories and techniques about the brain and the science of learning. Discover Friston's Bayesian Brain, Ausubel’s Meaningful Learning, and Craik and Lockhart's Levels of Processing theories can transform your understanding and enhance your learning experience. Learn the importance of storytelling, deep questioning, and knowledge generation and elaboration to take your teaching and learning to the next level. This episode is perfect for educators, students, and anyone interested in cognitive science and educational psychology. You can also find the original recording of this episode on my YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/TFmQzDBFBgo

This is the first part of a 3-part Learning and Teaching seminar series at the Australian Catholic University (Part 1 of 3): The Elevating Learning Seminar Series, presented by Dr Luke Rowe. It was originally presented at ACU on 7th of June, 2024.

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Chapters:
A Painful Lesson in Rote Learning
Theories of Deep and Meaningful Learning
The Bayesian Brain Explained
How Do We Learn?
The Power of Storytelling in Learning
Deep Questioning Techniques
Knowledge Generation and Elaboration
Implications for Teaching and Learning



Key Takeaways:

The power of prior knowledge as the single biggest influence on future knowledge
How we learn as the Bayesian Brain predicts and updates knowledge
How learning is nature's way of solving our body's 'Cost of Living Crisis'
Understanding Ausubel’s Meaningful Learning
The impact of Craik and Lockhart's Levels of Processing on retention
The role of storytelling as a way of promoting the intellectual and emotional scaffolding for our memories to hang
How to ask deep questioning in learning and how the questions we ask are more importnt than the answers we give as educators
Techniques for generating and elaborating on knowledge and how this implicates Artificial Intelligence and learning.


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