Some might prefer to learn from their own mistakes.
Men find it easier to learn from technology, she said, while women prefer to learn from a person.
For example, it says children prefer to learn from adults as opposed to their peers, and they prefer to learn from people they are familiar with and who appear more certain, confident and knowledgeable.
This lesson is familiar from Plato's Socratic dialogues: the philosophical life is best, and if one lacks knowledge, one should prefer to learn from an expert.
Instead of considering these domain-specific cognitive abilities, much attention has been given to ideas such as Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (Gardner, 1993), and the related idea of visual and verbal learning styles, in which self-described "visual learners" would prefer to learn from pictures rather than words, and "verbal learners" would prefer words over pictures.
I try really hard to regret nothing in my life and instead prefer to learn from my mistakes.
Similarly, focus group participants in an obesity prevention study among African American women preferred to learn about diet and physical activity from someone like them, as opposed to, for example, celebrities who were not viewed as credible given their access to resources unavailable to most [ 49].
Mr. Fishburne never went to college and shunned acting lessons, preferring to learn through experience, from mentors like Francis Ford Coppola (who directed him in "Apocalypse Now" and other films) and by emulating his idols, including Mr. Jones, Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton.
Rather than navel gaze at false controversies, wouldn't we prefer to learn about insights that come from paying close attention to the daily lives of diverse individuals and communities?
