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Interesting. tl;dr -- we learn by experiencing things, not by being told things.
by pstuart 6y ago
Interesting. tl;dr -- we learn by experiencing things, not by being told things.
- cloudier 6y agoI think this is the transmissionism versus constructivist view on teaching.[0] This is something that is well-known in education and I wish more people knew about it! Lay people commonly think of education as transmission of ideas from teachers to learners, but educators believe that learners construct their own understanding of ideas. So these educators try to create situations where the learners can do that construction. [0]: http://nas-sites.org/responsiblescience/files/2016/05/Dirks-and-Stith-ActiveLearning-May-81.pdf http://nas-sites.org/responsiblescience/files/2016/05/Dirks-...