"How We Learn" by Benedict Carey
Grit, grind and grueling work have been espoused by everyone from your taskmaster piano teacher to the omnipresent Tiger Mom as the keys to learning and success.
In "How We Learn," award-winning science correspondent Benedict Carey challenges that thinking, arguing that daydreams, distraction and nap-times are necessary strategies to ace tests, create ideas and retain information and knowledge. Carey recommends new routines to make learning more enjoyable and strategies for successful slacking.
What's the right balance of the two approaches to learning - discipline versus permissiveness? What has worked for you?
Guest:
Benedict Carey, Science Reporter, The New York Times; Author, “How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens” (Random House; September 2014)