Learning new skills
December 17, 2009 · by Kevin Runde
Learning new things
One of the topics I have always found interesting is how people learn. I’ve read several books on the subject and really like what the Pragmatic Programmers says about learning. Their book Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware does a great job of explaining this. I highly recommend reading that book and doing the exercises in it. While the book is writen by programmers, anyone can read it and get it. There are a few jokes and references that non programmers may not get, but those do not get in the way. My wife read the book and she loved it. I am always surprised that schools don’t teach kids how to learn. They just cram information into kids and expect them to figure out how to learn. I know I struggled in school until I read my first book on learning. I guess learning skills are not on a standardized test some where. Thus are not taught. Still that doesn’t seem right to me. How do you learn?
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