The Importance of Modeling, Copying, and Memory Work

The Well-Trained Mind podcast

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett discuss one of the most important, albeit misunderstood, elements of a classical education: modeling and copying.

Show Notes:

• "In Defense of Memorization" by Michael Knox Beran
• Via Forbes “Why Memorizing Stuff Can be Good for You”

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:52) - Modeling, copying and how we learn
• (07:31) - Copying and modeling in the writing stage
• (25:07) - Copying and modeling in the rhetoric stage
• (30:52) - Quick sidenote!
• (32:37) - Memorization in the educational process
• (40:49) - Debunking misconceptions about memorization
• (41:08) - Misconception #1: Memorization is opposed to critical thinking
• (44:13) - Misconception #2: People forget what they memorize
• (45:38) - Misconception #3: Memorization is will kill a love for learning
• (48:54) - Putting Susanna on the spot
• (51:37) - Outro