Learning Skills for Lifelong Learning

In this lesson, you will be covering the topic of What is Learning?. You will be introduced to the idea of learning, what exactly is learning, how do we increase our knowledge and experience through the process of learning. Is learning merely memorizing or is there a better way. Let us find out.

On The Growth Mindset – Knowing Your Potential, you will get to learn more about your brain and it's potential. The research findings of neuroscience will give you a deeper understanding of your brain’s capabilities and its ability to learn. Your intelligence is not fixed but can continue to develop for a lifetime. Let’s find out how we can adopt a growth mindset.

In this lesson on Learning How to Learn you will cover 4 parts. The 1st part will look at the various perspectives of learning, this will provide you with a frame of reference on how learning can be enhanced.

In the 2nd part of Learning How to Learn, you will be looking at the working memory and its limitation and how you can manage your learning through the process of chunking.

While in the 3rd part of Learning How to Learn, you will learn some memory techniques that will help you remember what you have learned.

Finally, in Part 4 of Learning How to Learn, you will be introduced to the idea of thinking about your thinking and learning process, a framework will be introduced to enable you to look at learning strategies and how you can monitor your learning. You will be more aware of your learning strategies and how to improve it.

In this final lesson, you will be looking at procrastination and how you can overcome it using some simple ideas to get yourself organized for learning.