I feel like this touches on the Montessori Method quite a bit. Most schools assume the student is an empty vessel and that the knowledge needs to be poured in.

I feel like this touches on the Montessori Method quite a bit. Most schools assume the student is an empty vessel and that the knowledge needs to be poured in. Montessori takes the approach that humans are naturally curious and that we in fact LOVE to learn so it encourages understanding through exploration. I would say the rote memorization that the author of this article lauds is actually unnecessary. When one is learning through exploration of a subject and subjects you in fact are exposed to the same concept many times (like with memorization) but you have the added benefit of association with other concepts. In other words; learning doesn't have to be boring to be effective!