Name: Learning by Doing (directors cut)
Uploaded: 2017-11-17T10:07:12.000Z
Duration: 5 min 15 s
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Arguably the most natural and powerful form of learning

or more precisely through reflection on doing.

after their performance at the national opera.

when they played football in the living room.

we all had our own painful encounter with

And even though this was an unpleasant and

discouraging exercise that lasted for months

As soon as we fell and the first shock was over,

our brain unconsciously began to make sense

to identify how this embarrassment occurred.

It remembers that when we pushed ourselves up,

our arms didn’t compliment the movement

our eyes sent an alarming signal to the hippocampus

Unconsciously this is how our brain analyses

the relationship of events within our body

It happens all the time as we learn to walk,

Once we understand the connections between

can also be used explicitly to learn a new skill

or to become better at what we already love doing.

First get yourself into a situation to experience.

Last, decide what to do differently next time.

if you want to learn how to ride a bicycle,

You get onto the bike and start kicking the pedals.

you ride too slowly and you fall to the side.

you remember that you fell at the exact moment

Then you form the abstract and slightly dangerous idea:

In fact, so fast that you crash straight into the next fruit stall.

and you realize that speeding like that is really dangerous.

speed is danger and danger needs protection

You then decide to wear a helmet next time

Experiential learning is also believed to be responsible

but they also learn by reflecting on what they’re doing

– a wrong tone on the violin sounds too terrible

While playing they therefore not only learn to make music,

but also that progress in general comes through practice,

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Learning by Doing (directors cut)

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