來自麻省理工學院機械工程學教授、開放式學習課程副校長桑傑．薩瑪，一部解析「學習」科學的精彩作品！

 

　　在這個競爭激烈的社會，無論是學生，或想不斷充實自我的社會人士，人人都想學得更快、學得更多、學得更好，但在思索如何達成這些目標前，這些問題更為關鍵──到底什麼是「學習」？怎樣才算真正「學到」？什麼樣的學習方式最有效？

 

　　身為麻省理工學院開放式學習課程的負責人，對薩瑪來說，這些提問有著更重大的意義：如何讓教育，真正發揮作用。

 

　　在本書中，薩瑪從神經科學、認知心理學等角度切入，輔以最新研究結果與科技進展，為讀者一一解析：「遺忘」對學習的幫助；神經成像的新發展，怎樣幫助了人們理解「學習」在大腦中的運作過程；「翻轉教室」等創新的教學模式，如何增進學習成果、彌平各種由不平等所帶來的教育差距，帶領我們跳脫現行教育制度帶來的框架，重新探索學習的未來。

 

　　除了以宏觀的角度，為未來教育制度發展方向，提出更平等、更具包容性的願景，更為讀者提供了個人終身學習的實用工具，薩瑪試圖透過本書，傳達做為一個教育工作者的核心理念：讓每一個學習者，都有機會發掘並發揮自己的潛力。(文/博客來編譯)

 

In the spirit of Thinking, Fast and Slow, a groundbreaking look at the science of how we learn--and how we can use it to discover our true potential, as individuals and across society

As the vice president for Open Learning at MIT, Sanjay Sarma has a daunting job description: to educate the world. But if you're going to undertake such an ambitious project, it behooves you first to ask: How exactly does learning work? What conditions are most conducive? Are our traditional classroom methods--lecture, homework, test, repeat--actually effective? And if not, what techniques are?

Grasp takes readers across multiple frontiers, from fundamental neuroscience to cognitive psychology and beyond, as it considers the future of learning. It introduces scientists who study forgetting, exposing it not as a simple failure of memory but a critical weapon in our learning arsenal. It examines the role curiosity plays in promoting a state that brain researchers call "readiness to learn" (and its dark twin, "unreadiness to learn"). And it reveals how such ideas are being put into practice: at MIT (both on campus and online); at bold new programs like Ad Astra, located on the SpaceX campus; and at a law school that began teaching innovative study techniques and saw its bar-passage rate rocket to the top of its state. Along the way, Sarma debunks long-held views such as the noxious idea of "learning styles," while equipping readers with a set of practical tools for absorbing and retaining information across a lifetime of learning. He presents a vision for learning that's more inclusive and democratic--revealing a world bursting with powerful learners, just waiting for the chance they deserve.

Drawing from the author's experience as an educator and the work of researchers and educational innovators at MIT and beyond, Grasp offers scientific and practical insight, promising not just to inform and entertain readers, but to open their minds.



SANJAY SARMA is the head of Open Learning at MIT. A professor of mechanical engineering by training, he has worked in the fields of energy and transportation; computational geometry; computer assisted design; and has been a pioneer in RFID technology. He has advanced degrees from Carnegie Mellon and UC Berkeley.

LUKE YOQUINTO is a science writer who covers learning and education, as well as aging and demographic change in his role as a researcher at the MIT AgeLab. His work can be found in publications such as The Washington Post, Slate, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. He is a graduate of Boston University’s science journalism program.