Redefining Education: Personal Growth Over Learning Outcomes

This chapter explores the health benefits of deliberate cold exposure and its neuroprotective effects, particularly through the lens of cold showers. It also advocates for a holistic approach to education that prioritizes personal growth over mere knowledge acquisition.

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In this episode, my guest is Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD, professor of education, psychology and neuroscience at the University of Southern California and director of the Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education, who has done groundbreaking research on emotions, self-awareness and social interactions and how these impact the way we learn and change across our lifespan. She explains how an understanding of emotions can be leveraged to improve learning in children and in adults, and how the education system should be altered to include new forms of exploration and to facilitate better learning and to include more diverse learning (and teaching) styles. This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in how we learn, human development in children and adults, as well as those generally interested in education, psychology or neuroscience.

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