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    Summary of The Science of Self - Learning by Peter Hollins

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    Some of the key takeaways are the importance of self-learning, changing from a mindset of reading and regurgitation to intellectual curiosity, and focusing on understanding concepts rather than just memorizing facts.

    The principles discussed are having confidence in one's ability to self-learn, self-management through discipline and focus, and learning as more than just reading but also self-motivation with no external rigidity imposed.

    The SQ3R method, Cornell notes, self-explanation, and Alder's levels of reading are discussed as effective reading techniques. Strategic skimming, focus and attention with breaks, and training the eyes are mentioned for reading faster.

    Summary of The Science of self-learning by Peter Hollins.

    Chap 1: Principles of self-learning

    ● The world is your oyster, Courtesy of the internet and we have the ability to learn anything
    we want these days.
    ● Traditional methods have limitations - fixed syllabus, Results need as they expect etc.,
    ● Change the mindset from Reading & Regurgitation to Intellectual curiosity. No schools
    are enabling people to self learn, judge things based on facts. I feel it is important to
    introduce this skill of "self-learning" to the future generation.
    ● 3 Aspects of learning - (Learning pyramid)
    (i) Be confident in your ability to self learn
    (ii) Self- management: Self-regulate your impulses, Discipline and focus. Prepare your
    system and requirements. Take some time ahead to set up the process.
    (iii) Learning: It is more than just picking up the book and reading

    ● Self-motivation is essential here - No educator to impose rigidity upon you.


    “you are the teacher and you are the student here”
    ● Intrinsic motivation : 3 aspects ---> Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose/impact.

    Chap 2: Interaction with information

    ● How to take something that's on the page, understand it and make it usable at a later
    time? - That’s learning in a nutshell.
    ● SQ3R method
    (i) Survey: form an outline of what you are going to study from this book.
    (ii) Question: what is this book going to teach me? frame questions.
    (iii) Read: Read with focus, repeat if you don't understand.
    (iv) Recite: Rephrase it in your own language.
    (v) Review: Review the whole chapter to memorize it.

    ● Cornell notes
    Note-taking in 3 parts.
    Split the page into two columns, with a wider right column and some space at the
    bottom for the summary.
    The left column heading is “cues”, the Right column is “Notes”
    Right column: Write whatever you want to, all Infos, (will be messy).
    Left side: Rephrase it in simple terms.
    Summary: Summarize the page.
    Thus creating your own study guide.
    ● Self- explanation
    Explain concepts to yourself.
    Self-inquiry: To know what we know and don't know. To identify the blind spots.
    (i) Elaborative Interrogation: How,why, what,who…ask journalist questions to yourself.
    (ii) Feynman technique:
    (a) Choose your topic.
    (b) Write down the explanation of the concept in plain English.
    (c) Find your blind spots.
    (d) Use an analogy.

    Chap 3: Read faster and retain more.


    To read faster
    ● Stop Subvocalization. In Spite of reading it aloud or in your mind, you must imagine their
    meaning in their place.
    ● Train your eyes - 6 muscles. To move less and to look wider with peripheral vision
    Exercise: stretch ur hand like flying an aeroplane. Give thumbs up in both hands. With
    your head facing forward, move your eyes to look into your left thumb, after some time
    looking at your right thumb. Repeat it.
    ● Strategically skim: Avoid useless words, scan important words
    ● Focus and attention. Give the respect it deserves, take scheduled breaks. 10 mins for
    every 50 mins. Make games to read faster and eliminate distractions.
    ● Alder’s 4 levels of reading:
    (i) Elementary: Reading word by word eg: learning a new language/ subject for the first
    time.
    (ii) Inspectional: just turn around the pages of the book to know its content
    (iii) Analytical: Deep learning of one book. Taking the book out of the author's hand and
    making it your own. The goal is to understand the material and explain it with little effort.
    (iv) Syntopical: multiple books, information, to fill the gaps with various materials on that
    subject. compare and contrast to dive deep into that subject as a whole. It is a major
    commitment but this is where deep, true comprehension comes from.

    Chap 4: Skills and habits to teach yourself Anything.

    Plan, Schedule and goals.


    ● Fix your plan - (benjamin franklin’s 13 virtues, one virtue per week and weekly
    review)
    ● Create a daily schedule - balancing personal, professional, recreational and
    self-learning.
    - “our brain can handle only a handful of things at a time, let's not be overwhelmed
    and stuck in multitasking”.
    - Create your own schedule to keep you on track and grow positive habits.
    - Give some large blocks of time which help you to be flexible and also allow you to
    wander your thoughts wide.
    ● Set a goal that is challenging enough to be motivating but also not so impossible.
    SMART goal - Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-based.

    Asking questions and pulling information.


    - Information itself is not going to teach you.
    - We need to frame our questions. Questions are the tools that you will use to decipher and
    analyze.
    - “Critical thinking” - Is the major skill that we need to develop as a self-learner.
    - The goal is to gain understanding, context and perspective not to seek a correct answer.
    - Your questions should make you focus on the overall purpose of finding a nuanced and
    3-dimensional view of the topic.

    Researching from the scratch.


    (i) Gather information: wide range, anything related, accumulate Infos.
    (ii) Filter sources: good or bad, fake news etc.,
    (iii) Look for patterns & overlap: if a particular thing is repeating in all materials then assume it as
    an important subject on the topic.
    (iv) seek dissent: question your viewpoints, be devil’s advocate.
    (v) Put it all together: write, speak, outline or mind map confidently.

    The skill of self-discipline


    Self-learning is hard. You will either get used to the discomfort or the discomfort will dissipate. In
    either way, anxiety will lose its power over you.
    ● Confusion endurance: on the course of self-learning you will face chaos, messy Infos etc.,
    just Endure it.
    ● Self-learning is uniquely rewarding. When it is hard, keep the long view uppermost in mind.

    Concepts before facts, Understanding before memory.


    ● Surface level learning: to know facts, knowledge, memorise etc.,
    Deep learning: Abstracting information and understanding reality (concept learning).
    ● A growth mindset recognizes growth will occur with sufficient effort. I will appreciate the
    effort you put in. I will look for progress and improve the skill to the next level.
    Eg: “ I really appreciate how you struggled with that problem”. Irrespective of the result we
    appreciate the effort rather than telling “this is your innate trait/talent”.
    The fixed mindset believes growth is not a function of effort rather luck/fate/innate talent.
    It will look only for binary results of success and failure. In the fear of failure, it will just be in
    a comfort zone and be hesitant to try new things or improve.

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    My notes:
    No schools are enabling people to self learn, judge things based on facts. I feel it is important to
    introduce this skill of "self-learning" to future generations.
    We talk about economics, but not about money management
    We talk about botany, but not about protein-rich plants
    We talk about zoology, but not about the human body and well being
    We talk about physics, but not about how to think
    We talk about chemistry, but not about emotional intelligence
    We talk about moral and ethics but not about relationship management

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