SMC219Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Active Listening

• School: UTSG
• Department: St. Michael's College Courses
• Course: SMC219Y1
• Professor: Steve Hoselton

Document Summary

Smc219 lecture 4: skills: active learning and reading. It develops incrementally over many years and years: we assume that learning is instinctual, but learning is the end product of dozens and dozens cognitive processes. It"s (cid:448)ery typi(cid:272)al for people i(cid:374) u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersity to dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)er that they hit a (cid:272)eili(cid:374)g, (cid:449)he(cid:374) they are(cid:374)"t lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g as they used to a(cid:374)y(cid:373)ore. Active learning is much more empowering for students than passive learning. Passive learning is fine, but our brains can only cope with so much passive learning before they get bored and shut down (e. g. during lectures and readings when you"re liste(cid:374)i(cid:374)g or readi(cid:374)g, (cid:271)ut just are(cid:374)"t a(cid:271)sor(cid:271)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) anymore) Whe(cid:374) you"re alert a(cid:374)d (cid:373)oti(cid:448)ated, passive learning works well, because you absorb information better. But when the subject no longer interests you, passive learning no longer works: active learning means you always have an agenda for what you want to learn. Constantly searching for things, instead of just letting it hit you.