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How to Reignite Your Learner’s Mindset

Dwayne Harapnuik — May 26, 2021 — 2 Comments

To review and reinforce the key points of the video we course you to use the following Prezi presentation – https://prezi.com/view/WNrNvvkVm9HnRi9jnsAj/

We trust that the How to Reignite Your Learner’s Mindset video sparked your desire to start or continue your journey of reigniting your Learner’s Mindset by changing your thinking about learning, your approach to learning, and by changing your learning environment. At the risk of discouraging you before you begin, we must caution that there is no Quick Fix to adopting the Learner’s Mindset. But as we all know from experience most good things will take some commitment and effort on your part. The exciting thing about the Learners’ Mindset is that it is a very natural state of being that we all had as infants and toddlers so it is just a matter of reigniting that spark of the inquisitive nature that we all once had and we can help you work through the rest of the process.

If this has ignited your interest you can learn more from – Learner’s Mindset Explained

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The Science of Thinking

Dwayne Harapnuik — January 15, 2020 — Leave a comment

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Feeling Machines that Think

Dwayne Harapnuik — December 2, 2019 — Leave a comment

We are not thinking machines. We are feeling machines that think

In his book Descartes Error the renowned neuroscientists Antonio Damasio makes the argument that humans do not make decisions by relying solely on the purely rational cognitive, or reason-oriented, parts of their brain. He points to research using MRI scans of real-time functioning that reveals there is an interplay of the emotional which is centered in the limbic system, primarily the amygdala and the more evolved area of contemplation and pre-frontal cortex.

Damasio is not alone in this claim that we are feeling machines that sometimes think. Dan Ariely, an economist at M.I.T in his book Predictably Irrational points out that we not only are more emotional than we are rational we hold on to the following three myths: