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I think that.. Universities should have mandatory course on how people learn. You'd go on about different styles of learning, that are close to the Uni world.
It seems to me that almost everyone has a 'terrible' way, I mean it works for some, but others do it because they feel like they have to. And this style is going to class, writing _everything_ down, making tons of notes, and missing half of what the lecturer was saying.
And most pick up the most irrelevant information possible and write it down, like statistics. As in the lecturer is giving you an example, just an example to place that information in real world and life, so the lecturer goes on about 'well, imagine you have a thousand computers.....'.
*people writing down 1000 computers*
.... etc.
Then when they answer in the exams, or do a term paper or what ever, they're most likely to use that very same example with 1000 computers in it. Or they want to be unique and come up with 500 computers. Or 1000 cars.
For some, this works. Then the best part is, when I'm curious as to what people write down, because the lecturer said nothing of importance, they give this 'why aren'y YOU writing this down' look. There's an instant eye battle.
Most go their whole lives with this style of studying and learning. It's quite amazing.. I bet we have some teachers here and psychology majors, who know all about cognitive processing of information and behavioral stuff, but it seems to me, that the majority of people are just there to 'work'. It doesn't matter if you learn something or not, as long as you put out some effort and prove yourself you made detailed notes of everything.
And most of the times they end up with statistic like information. How wonderful and useful. And as they were concnetrating getting the 'correct figures' of an example, they most likely missed the point. If they woudl have gotten the point, they wouldn't have had to write it down, at least not the stats.
Then they go on about memorizing it all down, so they can repeat it. They might even get the point, but still, they can only use that one example.
I think this is a waste of time and money on higher education. I think the world would greatly benefit from teaching people in their very first semester about the different styles of studying, to find your own, and some basic theory on how people learn, because there are tons of different ways to do this.
The style that works for me is to .. for example check out the topic first, do a 5-10min reading on the subject, even wikipedia will do, just to get an idea what we're talking about. Then attend class if I find it interesting (if not, then I can read something else in the meanwhile that is of interest to me, thus better use of my time), and just enjoy it like a show. Just listen, imagine my own examples, fit this information into what I already know, does it fit there, does it change my earlier knowledge, how can I accept this information. If I accept the info, then I'm most likely to remember it anyway. If it's blah blah blah, boring, irrelevant.. I'm most likely not going to remember it anyway, so what's the point of taking detailed notes.
So my point is, I think there's a majority of people out there, getting higher learning, yet they don't learn. Some pick up useless statistics. Some can repeat something someone else has said about it. Completely useless, waste of money and time.
It seems to me that almost everyone has a 'terrible' way, I mean it works for some, but others do it because they feel like they have to. And this style is going to class, writing _everything_ down, making tons of notes, and missing half of what the lecturer was saying.
And most pick up the most irrelevant information possible and write it down, like statistics. As in the lecturer is giving you an example, just an example to place that information in real world and life, so the lecturer goes on about 'well, imagine you have a thousand computers.....'.
*people writing down 1000 computers*
.... etc.
Then when they answer in the exams, or do a term paper or what ever, they're most likely to use that very same example with 1000 computers in it. Or they want to be unique and come up with 500 computers. Or 1000 cars.
For some, this works. Then the best part is, when I'm curious as to what people write down, because the lecturer said nothing of importance, they give this 'why aren'y YOU writing this down' look. There's an instant eye battle.
Most go their whole lives with this style of studying and learning. It's quite amazing.. I bet we have some teachers here and psychology majors, who know all about cognitive processing of information and behavioral stuff, but it seems to me, that the majority of people are just there to 'work'. It doesn't matter if you learn something or not, as long as you put out some effort and prove yourself you made detailed notes of everything.
And most of the times they end up with statistic like information. How wonderful and useful. And as they were concnetrating getting the 'correct figures' of an example, they most likely missed the point. If they woudl have gotten the point, they wouldn't have had to write it down, at least not the stats.
Then they go on about memorizing it all down, so they can repeat it. They might even get the point, but still, they can only use that one example.
I think this is a waste of time and money on higher education. I think the world would greatly benefit from teaching people in their very first semester about the different styles of studying, to find your own, and some basic theory on how people learn, because there are tons of different ways to do this.
The style that works for me is to .. for example check out the topic first, do a 5-10min reading on the subject, even wikipedia will do, just to get an idea what we're talking about. Then attend class if I find it interesting (if not, then I can read something else in the meanwhile that is of interest to me, thus better use of my time), and just enjoy it like a show. Just listen, imagine my own examples, fit this information into what I already know, does it fit there, does it change my earlier knowledge, how can I accept this information. If I accept the info, then I'm most likely to remember it anyway. If it's blah blah blah, boring, irrelevant.. I'm most likely not going to remember it anyway, so what's the point of taking detailed notes.
So my point is, I think there's a majority of people out there, getting higher learning, yet they don't learn. Some pick up useless statistics. Some can repeat something someone else has said about it. Completely useless, waste of money and time.
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