Elementary, my dear Watson - and other learning tricks
Monday, September 23, in aula G at 8:30:
Abstract:
This unit about Software Configuration Management has been designed following pedagogical principles that
should help you learn at much as possible with as little effort as possible - not "no effort" ;-)
Knowing about the principles will allow you to get the most out of the unit. So, in this seminar we will present and discuss the used principles - with the help of a world-famous detective.
How many times did poor Dr. Watson hear the words: "Elementary, my dear Watson" from a triumphant Sherlock Holmes when he had solved a case?
Have you ever felt like Dr. Watson while listening to lectures or in the company of some fellow students? Have you ever struggled with all the information (=clues) in your textbook trying to make sense of it (=finding the killer)?
Do you doubt that you could ever really think like Sherlock Holmes - even if you put your mind to it? Well, cognitive psychologist Maria Konnikova thinks that we can. How? Show up, listen, discuss - and reflect - and you might learn how.
Arthur Conan Doyle was the first to model a fictional person who consistently practised the science of deduction. As he wrote to his mentor Dr. Joseph Bell: "Round the deduction and inference and observation which I have heard you inculcate, I have tried to build up a man who pushed the thing as far as it would go"
We will also look at other interesting facts about learning and what you could/should do to be able to learn more in less time.
Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
(Otto von Bismarck)