Deep and Durable Learning
Michael Gray
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S10E8 It All Adds Up
Send us a textI summarize my 10 principles of learning. These principles respect the way God designed the brain to learn. That framework moves from questions that pique our curiosity and motivate…
S10E7 Not My Style
Send us a textThe myth of learning styles is a hindrance to deep and durable learning. It plays right into the myth of learning as mere retrieval. While we have individual preferences about the…
S10E6 I Can Figure It Out!
Send us a textThe cognitive power tools of the well-taught beginner create increasingly useful knowledge as the learner's skill level increases through practice that challenges plateaus. This episode…
S10E5 Mind-full Repetition
Send us a text"Drill and kill," the mindless and seemingly endless repetition of facts, kills motivation to learn. "Repetition aids learning" is only true with carefully crafted variety in the…
S10E4 Constructing Ideas or Collecting Information?
Send us a textHow can you help your child move from being absorbed with taking in information in the classroom to a fixation on understanding ideas? This is key to durable learning that is…
S10E3 I Can't Remember
Send us a textMany parents and children view their inability to memorize as their greatest educational weakness. Learning is more than remembering, but it is not less. Today's episode centers on the…
S10E2 Is That a Fact?
Send us a textMost schools design curriculum around a fact forward approach. Facts are always in the foreground while ideas lurk in the background and generally make only cameo appearances. This is…
S10E1 Learning Despite Schooling
Send us a textChildren are all born learners—at least until they go to school. Many children and their parents are frustrated and mystified by the setbacks that are experienced at school and it…
S9E8 Wise Worldview Formation
Send us a textWorldview is the key grid through which we filter and formulate ideas, yet it is not systematically developed in most educational programs. This is particularly likely on the university…
S9E7 Preschool Pedagogy is Primary
Send us a textNo one wants to kill the joy of learning in a young child, but that's likely with the majority of preschool and elementary pedagogies. This podcast helps you sort through the…
S9E6 Read the Whole Bible Every Year?
Send us a textAttempting to read the Bible through each year is a source of frustration and guilt to many as they repeatedly fall behind their reading schedule. Is this yearly ritual a spiritual…
S9E5 Poles Apart in the Church?
Send us a textThe church is not immune to polarity that all too often leads to contention and division—the opposite of biblical unity. This study in Ephesians aims to transform your understanding of…
S9E4 Discipleship Targets Polarization
Send us a textTransformational discipleship is redundant. Discipleship is intrinsically transformation into increasing Christlikeness. This is a case study of Ephesians that speaks with biblical…
S9E3 Failure to Launch: Discipleship Endangered
Send us a textDiscipleship is more than a targeted learning process, but it is not less. Deep and durable learning of scripture results in personal transformation, but most churches follow a flawed…
S9E2 Drinking: What Are You Thinking?
Send us a textWhat does wisdom say about beverage alcohol consumption? I cut through the cultural cachet of alcohol and look objectively at its documented effects on the human body.
S9E1 Science Sleuth or Cynic?
Send us a textDaniel L. Smith, Professor of Nutrition Sciences, is a self-professed skeptic about nutritional science. He takes us on a journey through how science works and helps differentiate…
S8E9 Maximizing the Magic of Teachable Moments
Send us a textThe elusive teachable moment is not endangered. In this episode we talk about how to orchestrate and leverage teachable moments to catalyze deep and durable learning
S8E8 Never Graduate From Preschool
Send us a textYoung learners are motivated by curiosity and wonder. This generates "why" questions that are answered by looking for patterns in the particulars they encounter. Would this were true…
S8E7 Questioning Your Way to Vocational Clarity
Send us a textMany people feel stuck in their careers. At the root this is because they lack clarity about who they are and what they were made to do. Clarity emerges on the heels of questioning your…
S8E6 Discerning Your Calling
Send us a textVocation should not be chosen pragmatically based merely on opportunity. Vocation is literally a calling to use your unique giftedness for the glory of God. Dr. Scott Whitmore, a…
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