164 - Steps to Learning
What to Learn
- Specialized Knowledge & Skills
- Path of Perfect Execution
- Unique & Valuable Skills Path
- 80,000 Hours Approach
- General Knowledge & Skills
- Solid understanding of the basics
- Natural Sciences
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Formal Sciences
- Mathematics
- Logic
- Statistics
- Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Sociology
- Psychology
- History
- Humanities
- Mediums of Art
- Major Themes
- Natural Sciences
- Mental Models
- Thinking Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Creative Thinking
- Three Dimensional Thinking
- Analogical Thinking
- Communication Skills
- Writing
- Speaking
- Social Media
- Productivity Skills
- Deep Work
- Habits & Routines
- Time Prioritization
- Solid understanding of the basics
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Future Skills
- Working with Machines
- Gathering insights from Data
- Computer Programming
- Effective Communication
How to Learn
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Finding the right learning material
- Different mediums of information?
- Lectures
- Video - lectures, short videos, etc
- Audio - audiobooks, podcasts, etc
- Written Word - books, blogs, wikis, websites, etc
- Online Courses (MOOCs)
- What makes a good source for learning?
- Good match w/ your prior knowledge
- Well written, makes explicit the model
- Different mediums of information?
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Processing the material
- Structure Building the Model
- Components in Structure Building?
- Elaborating
- Creating Retrieval Cues
- Deconstruct the Model for Memorization
- Structure Building the Model
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Practice Problems
- What are the different types of practice?
- Dynamic Testing
Further Research and Integration
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How does bloom’s taxonomy revised tie into this? What other learning frameworks are out there?
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Insights from lasting learning
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Insights from SuperMemo Guru
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Insights from The Learning Scientists