Today I got to know some very interesting facts about our memory. Thanks to my language studies I already knew a little bit about how the human brain works, but sometimes when we want to remember something quickly we can forget that repetition is the most important thing in memorising.
According to neuroscientists at the University of Melbourne, repetition is key. The probability of remembering something is low if you learn it as a one-off. The second rule is about focus. We remember what we focus on. When we learn something new, our brain makes links between the new information and something we already understand.
The scientist said, that today the model of education should move from „memorise as much as possible” into a model called „deep learning”. Instead of giving you hundreds of things to memorise, you get things that you should be able to describe deeply.
Unfortunately, I don't see any positive change in the education system in my country.
Yes, unfortunately, this is a big problem of education in a lot of countries :( Sometimes I think that the government just don't want to have smart people.
This is the same premise used by people like Cal Newport and the value (I think) of analytical and synoptical reading. It is the idea that information consumption for it's own sake is useless, and that any topic worth learning or inquiring about should be learned well. In language learning, this is akin to claiming to know 10 languages but speaking 9 of them at a very low level.