What is Learning?
Knowledge is being able to take what you have learned and use it in a productive way. As mentioned throughout the course of this semester, learning needs to have a purpose, and be usable. As I have completed the lessons on problem solving in the class I realize what an important real life skill that it is. If students know how to solve problems, they will be able to utilize what they have learned, and be able to find information to learn more.
So I guess what I am saying, is that learning is best effectuated when you teach principles that can be generalized to many different situations, in and out of the classroom. What is the saying, if you give a man a fish you feed him for a day, if you teach a man how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.
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Hi Carlee,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, knowledge should be generalized in different situations. We teachers should instruct our students how to use and operate knowledge, because the goal of teaching is not to train exam experts but to complete students lives.