67. (S4E25) Learning How to Learn | with Barbara Oakley
Brave Writer
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2018
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., educator, writer, engineer, and perhaps most importantly, a female Indiana Jones!
Barbara’s work focuses on the complex relationships between neuroscience and social behavior, and we think that any Brave Writer fan is also going to be a fan of Barbara’s newest book – Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens – which teaches kids and teens simple tricks for learning difficult subjects, even if they don’t feel like they’re “good students.”
You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/
Resources:
- Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens by Alistair McConville, Barbara Oakley, and Terrence Sejnowski
- Watch: “Learning how to learn | Barbara Oakley | TEDxOaklandUniversity”
- Check out this brand new, free product designed to kickstart your writing program this school year: 7-Day Writing Blitz (and tag your creative young writers using #BWBlitz on Twitter & Instagram!)
- You can download Free Writing Lessons here: go.bravewriter.com/free-writing-lessons
- Join the Homeschool Alliance: bravewriter.com/homeschool-alliance
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to season 4 of the Brave Writer Podcast, A Brave Writers Life in Brief. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Julie Bogart, your host. |
| 0:09.0 | This season we are releasing via audio our most popular YouTube broadcasts. |
| 0:16.0 | We're so excited that you can now listen to these on audio |
| 0:19.0 | while you're running, driving in the car, or folding laundry. We will also sprinkle throughout this season |
| 0:26.7 | original content interviews with people I think are compelling to listen to. |
| 0:31.4 | If you get a chance please help us out by leaving a review at iTunes |
| 0:36.4 | or Stitcher or wherever you listen to Brave Writers Podcast. We really appreciate it. It helps us get the word out and it also gratifies all the people behind the scenes who worked so hard to bring these to you for free. |
| 0:50.0 | And now, let's get going with this episode. |
| 0:55.0 | Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Barbara Oakley, PhD, educator, writer, engineer, |
| 1:08.8 | and perhaps most importantly, a female Indiana Jones, an accolade confirmed via Barbara's Twitter bio. |
| 1:17.9 | In any case, Barbara's work has really fascinated me over the last year. |
| 1:22.2 | She focuses on the complex relationship |
| 1:24.8 | between neuroscience and social behavior. She's contributed to the Wall Street |
| 1:29.9 | Journal, the New York Times, and countless other distinguished publications and journals. |
| 1:35.2 | Along the journey, Barbara has also penned and published nine books. I could |
| 1:40.5 | actually spend this whole podcast just listing her prestigious educational degrees, |
| 1:45.3 | certifications, awards and honors, but let's just suffice it to say they are not only extensive, |
| 1:51.1 | they are well deserved. If you're a brave writer fan and I imagine |
| 1:55.8 | you are or you wouldn't be here listening, then you're going to love |
| 1:58.8 | Barbara's newest book called Learning How to Learn and it was published today as we're recording this |
| 2:05.5 | podcast so I'm thrilled that Barbara is here celebrating publication day with us |
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