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In many settings, your judgment and learning are calibrated by working alongside a more experienced partner: airline first officers with captains, rookies with seasoned cops, residents with experienced surgeons.
Henry L. Roediger III • Make It Stick
New Digital Media and Learning as an Emerging Area and "Worked Examples" as One Way Forward
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Jerry Gill argues that ‘learning to learn’ is of ‘primary importance . . . for when one knows this, he or she will always be able to learn more’. Because of its emphasis upon participation, communication, reflection and the negotiation of reason and emotion, the meta-process of learning to learn is made particularly accessible through drama.
David Wright • Just a moment...
The more knowledge students have about the way their brain works, how society operates, and the magic of the natural world in which they live, the more creativity they will be able to exert throughout their lives, helping to evolve society into a place that works better than today.
Leyla Acaroglu • System Failures: The Education System and the Proliferation of Reductive Thinking
contemporary societies seem to care about three things: national prosperity, social cohesion and stability, and personal well-being. But the personal attitudes that will lead towards these three ‘goods’ are not eternal: they depend on the nature of the world. So even if those three aspirations are taken for granted, educational values — the traits... See more
Guy Claxton • A life of tests is no preparation for the tests of life | Aeon Essays
Educators act as guides
Christopher Bugaj • The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome for All!
He was a wonderful educator, and he always told us to question assumptions. “There’s an assumption,” he said, “that schools are for students’ learning. Well, why aren’t they just as much for teachers’ learning?”