This Edutopia article, ‘Why unlearning new habits is an essential step for innovation’, explores why “unlearning old habits” can be a key part of change. This set of insightful questions might help drive educational change, according to Marga Biller, project director of Harvard’s Learning Innovations Laboratory:

“1. Do I need to think, behave, do or perceive in a new way?
2. Is there previous learning that is getting in the way of my thinking, behaving or perceiving in new ways?
3. Is what I am trying to learn a threat/challenge to my identity, to how I see myself or how I see the world?
4. Would trying harder give me the results I am looking for or might it create more entrenchment?”

Source: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/48480/why-unlearning-old-habits-is-an-essential-step-for-innovation