I keep thinking about the relations between machine learning and human learning, esp. teaching children a lot. Basically all results in one field carry over to some degree to the other. Some things only apply on the neuronal level. Others only in very specific settings.

Some random pages to follow: http://lesswrong.com/lw/jol/rethinking_education/ Vygotsky's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_proximal_development