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Enjoyment of Learning
August 25, 2011
Do not keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play.
-Plato, Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC
-Plato, Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC
Kuszewsji described a study which compared "a group of students taught by an inexperienced instructor, but one that utilized hands-on demonstrations and student involvement...and a similar group taught using traditional methods (lecture) by a highly rated experienced professor." The result: "increased student attendance, higher engagement, and more than twice the learning in the section taught using research-based instruction."
"The quality of the instructor didn’t have nearly the impact on student learning that getting the students actively involved in the learning process did. Just by moving the students from passive observer to active participant, you are lighting a fire in the brain—making more connections across association areas, increasing plasticity, and enhancing learning. Not only that, students that are more actively engaged are more intrinsically motivated to learn—no bribes or artificial rewards needed, just pure enjoyment of learning."
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Displaying 1 CommentNike
Beaverton, Oregon, United States
The article on Enjoyment of Learning makes one wonder. When it is so obvious that engaged learners learn so much more, why has formal education had such a long history of emphasizing the more passive, instruction- and lecture-based approaches?
I wonder if it has to do with survival vs leisure/luxury. When the species or individuals are under threat, they act and react to survive, and learning occurs quickly or all is lost. But when there is no immediate threat, one enjoys exercising the mind, pondering and reflecting, discovering concepts and connections rather than functional solutions.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could find the right moments for all of these approaches, matching the approach to the results we are trying to achieve and recognizing the value in each?
One cannot learn to knit by reading a book or attending a lecture. But one can develop a greater appreciation of knitting by hearing experts and reading stories about how people discovered knitting, what it meant over the centuries, how the various fibers were found and prepared.
Nothing is more rewarding than sitting with a group of knitters where you can get help with the tricky parts of your project, inspiration by seeing what others are doing, and entertainment or even education aas you listen to people telling "yarns"!
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