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The Power of Mindful Learning

By Langer, Ellen J.

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The Power of Mindful Learning

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Radical in its implications, this original and important work may change forever the views we hold about the nature of learning. In The Power of Mindful Learning, Ellen Langer uses her innovative theory of mindulness, introduced in her influential earlier book, to dramatically enhance the way we learn. 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 on up for failure.With stunning applications to skills as diverse as paying attention, CPR, investment analysis, psychotherapy, or playing a musical instrument, The Power of Mindful Learning is for all who are curious and intellectually adventurous.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2016-04-05
Publication Date:
2016-04-05
Publisher:
Hachette Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0738219088
ISBN13:
9780738219080
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
196 g
Height:
136 cm
Width:
208 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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