This is the second, revised and expanded edition. The first edition was published under the slightly longer title "How to Take Smart Notes. One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers".
The key to good and efficient writing lies in the intelligent organisation of ideas and notes. This book helps students, academics and other knowledge workers to get more done, write intelligent texts and learn for the long run. It teaches you how to take smart notes and ensure they bring you and your projects forward. The Take Smart Notes principle is based on established psychological insight and draws from a tried and tested note-taking technique: the Zettelkasten. This is the first comprehensive guide and description of this system in English, and not only does it explain how it works, but also why. It suits students and academics in the social sciences and humanities, nonfiction writers and others who are in the business of reading, thinking and writing. Instead of wasting your time searching for your notes, quotes or references, you can focus on what really counts: thinking, understanding and developing new ideas in writing.
Dr. Sönke Ahrens is a writer and researcher in the field of education and social science. He is the author of the award-winning book “Experiment and Exploration: Forms of World Disclosure” (Springer).
Since its first publication, How to Take Smart Notes has sold more than 100,000 copies and has been translated into seven languages.
Der Schlüssel zu erfolgreichem Schreiben und Studieren liegt in der intelligenten Organisation von Notizen. Dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie auf Papier oder digital ihre Gedanken und Fundstücke so festhalten, dass Sie 1) mit diesen auch später noch etwas anfangen können, 2) diese auch wiederfinden, wenn Sie sie brauchen und 3) diese so miteinander kombinieren, dass aus ihnen neue Ideen, größere Gedankenbögen und vor allem gute Texte erwachsen. Das Zettelkasten-Prinzip beschreibt die Methode, die es Niklas Luhmann ermöglichte, zu einem der produktivsten und interessantesten Sozialwissenschaftler des 20. Jahrhunderts zu werden und erläutert die lernpsychologischen Hintergründe seiner Funktionsweise.
La clave para escribir mejor y de forma más eficiente está en la organización de ideas y notas. Este libro pretende ser una ayuda para estudiantes, académicos y escritores de no ficción para producir más, escribir buenos textos y aprender a largo plazo. Con él empezarás a tomar notas de una forma eficiente que te ayude a aprender y a avanzar con tus proyectos. Los principios que se presentan en el libro se basan en investigaciones en el campo de la psicología y se nutren de una técnica de toma de notas que ha sido demostrada. Se trata de la primera guía y descripción completa de este sistema en español, donde no solo se explica cómo funciona, sino también por qué. Está dirigido a estudiantes y académicos de ciencias sociales y humanidades, escritores de no ficción y otras personas que se dediquen a la lectura, el pensamiento y la escritura. En lugar de perder el tiempo buscando notas, citas o referencias, puedes centrarte en lo que realmente importa: pensar, comprender y desarrollar nuevas ideas por escrito. No importa si prefieres tomar notas de forma física o digital. Y puedes empezar de inmediato.
El Dr. Sönke Ahrens es escritor e investigador en el campo de la educación y las ciencias sociales, autor del premiado libro Experiment and Exploration. Forms of World-Disclosure (Springer).
This book deals with contemporary epistemological questions, connecting Educational Philosophy with the field of Science- and Technology Studies. It can be understood as a draft of a general theory of world-disclosure, which is in its core a distinction between two forms of world-disclosure: experiment and exploration. These two forms have never been clearly distinguished before. The focus lies on the experimental form of world-disclosure, which is described in detail and in contrast to the explorational form along the line of twenty-one characteristics, which are mainly derived from empirical studies of experimental work in the field of natural sciences. It can also be understood as an attempt to integrate elements of the Anglo-Saxon Philosophy of Science with elements of the German tradition of Educational Philosophy. This is also reflected in the style of writing. In accordance to the content-level of the book, the argument for experimental forms of world-disclosure is written in an essayistic, readable style, which can be understood as an experimental form of writing.
This book is a translation of the doctoral thesis 'Experiment und Exploration. Bildung als experimentelle Form der Welterschließung' (summa cum laude). The thesis was published in German in 2010 by Transcript (Bielefeld) in the series called 'Theorie Bilden', edited by Prof. Dr. Hannelore Faulstich-Wieland, Prof. Dr. Hans-Christoph Koller, Prof. Dr. Karl-Josef Pazzini and Prof. Dr. Michael Wimmer.
