Three Pleasures Necessary to Continue Learning

- The Structure of Learning from Cognitive Science

Abstract

This paper is for those who feel that their project experience is not being put to good use in their next project and for those who find it difficult to put what they learn in training or seminars into practice and for those who are in a position to train others may find it difficult to guide them. This paper proposes three pleasures as an approach to effectively continue learning from experience as one of the prescriptions: “Enjoy Gap,” “Enjoy Imitation,” and “Enjoy the Change of Identity. As a basis for this proposal, the author cite the latest findings of cognitive science: “emergence of knowledge” and “the predicting brain”. By “Enjoying Gap,” our every experience becomes an opportunity to learn, and by “Enjoying Imitation,” we realize that there are seeds of learning in every opportunity. As learning deepens, we can “Enjoy the Change of Identity” in the community of practice we participate in, such as a project. If we can “Enjoy Changing our Identity,” we will want to “Enjoy Gap” and “Enjoy imitation” more and more. These three pleasures become more enjoyable when we understand the cognitive mechanisms of learning. By repeating the practice of these three pleasures, we could be able to continue to learn effectively from their experiences.