The Power of Mindful Learning (Merloyd Lawrence Book) - Softcover

Ellen Langer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738219088 ISBN 13: 9780738219080

Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2016

Synopsis

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, labouratories, 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.

About this title

Book Description:

A path to relief.... A fresh, thoughtful plea-notably free of'edubabble'- for exploring strategies of teaching and learning. -New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Ellen J. Langer, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Harvard, and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, three Distinguished Scientist Awards, the World Congress Award, the NYU Alumni Achievement Award, and the Staats award for Unifying Psychology.She is recognized as having brought the concept of mindfulness into Western psychology, and has been called "the mother of mindfulness"

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0738219088
• ISBN 13: 9780738219080
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192