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Richard Jones-Nerzic's avatar

'Declarative memory to procedural memory'? I am only familiar with declarative and procedural knowledge. What does this mean in relation to memory? This history teacher is intrigued and this TOK teacher is hopeful.

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It is similar and different - this is taken directly from the paper on page 5: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5250447

Declarative Memory System

The brain’s system for consciously recalling facts, concepts, and experiences. Primarily involving the hippocampus and medial temporal lobe, this system allows explicit, deliberate retrieval of information.

Procedural Memory System

The brain’s system for gradually acquiring habits, skills, and routines through repeated practice. Centered mainly in the basal ganglia and related cortical regions, procedural memory supports automatic performance of tasks, often without conscious awareness.

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Richard Jones-Nerzic's avatar

System 2 and System 1?

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nickdennis's avatar

Yes, it is almost like thinking fast and slow and that both are necessary. My contention is that in whatever form you may phrase it, effort is necessary and a focus on performance only cheapens education and erodes the profession by cannibalisation. Now that is a thought to have on a Saturday!

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