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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Our schools aren’t always built for our brains—and we pay a heavy price indeed.
Chapter 3: Learning needn’t be unpleasant; in fact, it actually works far better when it isn’t.
Chapter 4: Spacing out learning isn’t merely useful; it’s essential—yet schools rarely account for it properly.
Chapter 5: Curiosity can turbocharge learning and serve as a major driver of deeper learning overall.
Chapter 6: Structured, formal instruction is truly essential for effective learning at scale.
Chapter 7: The time is ripe for a new educational approach—but there are no easy fixes available today.
Description
Grasp (2020) covers the development of modern education systems and the ways in which their current forms conflict with recent scientific insights into how the brain works. It describes a variety of experimental techniques being applied to improve education and discusses how they might become more broadly generalized.
Who Should Listen
- Academics, teachers, school administrators
- Students
- Anyone interested in improving their own ability to learn