Brain Fact Friday: "Understanding How We Learn: Declarative vs Procedural Systems"

<p>Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, for Brain Fact Friday and episode #131. Of all the Brain Fact Fridays, so far, this one really made me stop, think and make connections to past episodes, and how the brain learns.</p> <p><a href='https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-understanding-how-we-learn-declarative-vs-procedural-systems/'>To view images in the show notes, click here.</a></p> <p>Welcome back, I'm Andrea Samadi, a former educator who has been fascinated with understanding the science behind high performance strategies in schools, sports, and the workplace for the past 20 years. If you have been listening to our podcast, you will know that we’ve uncovered that if we want to improve our social and emotional skills, and experience success in our work and personal lives, it all begins with an understanding of our brain.</p> <p>This week’s brain fact came to me when I was asked to appear this past weekend, on Naomi Toland’s<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a> Live Q and A with Barbara Oakley<a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a> the author of many books, including <em>Learning How to Learn<a href='#_edn3'>[iii]</a></em> to ask her a question related to how the brain learns.</p> <p>In this episode, you will learn:</p> <p>✔︎ The 2 Major Ways the Brain Learns</p> <p>✔︎ The difference between these 2 modes of Learning: Declarative and Procedural Learning</p> <p>✔︎ Why one of type of learning might work better for one student than the other.</p> <p>✔︎ Aha Moments for the Classroom, Sports and Beyond.</p> <p>The first question for Barbara on this call caught my attention, and it was from Phil Stringer<a href='#_edn4'>[iv]</a>, a Department Head of Math, Research Chair of Applied Cognitive Science from Vancouver, Canada, and it was his question that got me thinking.  He asked, “how can we move away from a grades-based culture, to a learning culture…or the idea of using points and grades verses just feedback for students” and I got my pencil out right away, knowi