The Importance of Modeling, Copying, and Memory Work
Update: 2023-10-11
Description
In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett discuss one of the most important, albeit misunderstood, elements of a classical education: modeling and copying.
Show Notes:
- "In Defense of Memorization" by Michael Knox Beran
- Via Forbes “Why Memorizing Stuff Can be Good for You”
- (00:00 ) - Intro
- (00:52 ) - Modeling, copying and how we learn
- (07:31 ) - Copying and modeling in the writing stage
- (25:07 ) - Copying and modeling in the rhetoric stage
- (30:52 ) - Quick sidenote!
- (32:37 ) - Memorization in the educational process
- (40:49 ) - Debunking misconceptions about memorization
- (41:08 ) - Misconception #1: Memorization is opposed to critical thinking
- (44:13 ) - Misconception #2: People forget what they memorize
- (45:38 ) - Misconception #3: Memorization is will kill a love for learning
- (48:54 ) - Putting Susanna on the spot
- (51:37 ) - Outro
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