Weekend Ed. Quote ~ January 3, 2025
To learn new concepts in the New Year, Dr. Christ Dede, Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and co-principal investigator on the NSF-funded National AI Institute on Adult Learning and Online Education has a checklist to learn new things in the New Year (or anytime). Dr. Dede draws from research around adult development and learning science to provide five tips for learning new things for adult learning in both face-to-face and online/remote learning:
- Start with what you already know- use both fluid reasoning (Ferrer, et al., 2009) and crystallized intelligence (Cattell, R.B., 1963).
- Identify your motivation
- Analyze your interest to help find potential new areas to explore
- Find ways to connect and bond with others.
- Challenge yourself and have a Growth Mindset
To read additional thoughts from Dr. Dede, please see this post from the Harvard Graduate School of Education blog:
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/21/12/5-ways-learn-new-things-new-year
References
Boudreau, E. (2021). 5 ways to learn new things in the New Year. Harvard Graduate School of Education blog.
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/21/12/5-ways-learn-new-things-new-year
Cattell, R. B. (1963). Theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence: A critical experiment. Journal of Educational Psychology, 54(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046743
Ferrer E, O’Hare ED, Bunge SA. (2009). Fluid reasoning and the developing brain. Frontiers in Neuroscience, (1):46-51. http://doi.org/10.3389/neuro.01.003.2009. PMID: 19753096; PMCID: PMC2858618. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2858618/
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