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Apprenticeship Patterns Blog - Record What You Learn

For this week’s blog post, I read the section  “Record What You Learn” from chapter five of the book Apprenticeship Patterns by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye. The section started with a quote by Atul Gawnde in which it states: “You should not also underestimate the power of writing itself....You can lose your larger sense of purpose. But writing lets you step back and think through a problem” This reminds me a lot of myself because I am usually the one that never writes anything down, Instead I will believe that I can remember it. However, later I forget it. As I get older, I realize that recording something is useful, for example, if we are doing a project sometimes it is a good idea to draw diagrams and analyze through writing which helps to organize and plan it out. The section mainly talked about the practice of keeping a diary or a journal that will be useful throughout your career. The author also mentioned avoiding falling into the trap of just writing down your lesson and forgetting them, which I have done several times.

Keeping a journal of what you learned and going back to read it regularly will help you review the materials and give you a vital resource to draw upon. I read in an article that Psychology research and learning experts suggest writing things down leads to better learning. When I think about it, it is quite true at least for me I learned better by writing the materials down. Another interesting insight I read on the section was “By reviewing your journal, you can switch your past and your present around to generate your future” This is such an amazing quote and I hope that from now on I can keep a journal and look back at the things I have recorded. This pattern changed the way I think, it has given me new insights and inspires me to start jotting down my thoughts. I hope Over time these entries help to write an article or even a book regarding the journey of my life.

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