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back on topic about that word "unlearning" itself that I like to think"Dan L. MacIsaac" 09/12/10 3:28 AM >>>
On 09/10/2010 03:12 AM, Dan L. MacIsaac wrote in part:Sure, but you're not convincing me that "unlearning" exists. Mental
- whether anything can be "unlearned" at all
Habits can be changed. For example, when people travel
from Britain to the US, we expect them to learn to drive
on the right side of the road. Some of them struggle
with it more than others.
The point of this note is that in my experience, students
can unlearn (or modify) an old idea more easily if they
were warned -- from the very beginning -- about the
limitations of the idea, so that they never become
unduly attached to it.