Like birds need to learn how to fly and predators learn how to hunt, we humans too need to go through a cornucopia of learning processes. Learning is a boundless and essential part of life. When we learn from our mistakes it’s considered to be a practical learning style and when we go to a lecture to listen, take notes and memorize information, we use a different learning approach. The purpose is always the same, to understand or use something new, but the way to get there is tortuous. While it might be ostensible that general knowledge is somewhat important to prioritize when learning, it suffocates and holds back the vital way of maturing as individuals. Universities should therefore welcome the idea of active learning in general and through interaction, and interpret definitions of school related terms appropriately.
To be actively involved in learning, in general, is essential in order to mature and become a better person. Learning something new is nothing that automatically happens to us. One example of active learning, when we are children, is when we must learn how to walk. We as individuals must be the one doing it in order to learn it. We must be a part of it in order to remember the physiological use of our limbs, to recall certain patterns and know how to use it in the future.
In addition to this example, a credible conclusion about active learning can be found in the text by the author Ernest L. Boyer, a United States commissioner of education who was a very profound famous individual, who chose to recite the words by another much known and appreciated person in his work. Cherished Mr. Boyer referred to a philosopher, popular author and educator by the name Mortimer J. Adler who in the text claimed that “(…) ‘all gen...
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...making the learning organs of our society to focus more on the idea of active learning in general and through interaction, and interpret definitions of school related terms appropriately. Our future lies within our children’s hands.
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Boyer, Ernest L. “Creativity in the Classroom.” In Guidelines: A Cross-Cultural Reading/Writing Text. Ruth Spack. New York: Cambridge UP, 2007. 82-89.
Kohn, Alfie. “Confusing Harder with Better” In Guidelines: A Cross-Cultural Reading/Writing Text. Ruth Spack. New York: Cambridge UP, 2007. 121-124.
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In a typical class, the teacher lectures on a book written years ago and expects the students to dissect and analyze it with ease. Graff takes a different approach. He suggests that professors should start encouraging students to analyze basic and simple literature critically (400). The author understands that making students analyze hard prose will only frustrate them and get them to give up. This method only discourages learning as in the long run, the student will not try anymore. Graff’s method will teach the student that real intellectualism does not mean that books have to be involved. Real intellectualism is just analyzing literature critically (400). Taking a step further, even parents at home can use this type of thinking for their children. Nothing frustrates more than a child giving up or feeling dumb because he or she does not understand something. A parent may then try to figure out the child’s true potential in a specific area that is not school. Some children are great at music, fashion, or even sports. The parent may then teach the child how to debate and think critically about passionate subject and then relate it back to school. The author advocated for a simple approach to be taken in the classroom and can be applied at home. Although this is true, Graff wrote this article the way he did in order to stress out his
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In this notable Ted Talk video "Do schools kill creativity?", Sir Ken Robinson discusses how public education systems demolish creativity because they believe it is essential to the academic growth and success of students. Robinson created a broad arrange of arguments to persuade the viewers to take action on this highly ignored issue, and he primarily focuses on how important creativity is. There are classes within schools that help utilize creativity, but they are not taken seriously by adults in society. Therefore, the value of creative knowledge decreases. Robinson uses an unusual combination of pathos and ethos to make an enjoyable dispute for implementing an education system that nurtures rather than eats away at creativity.
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“There is a need to address the fundamental issue of how the thinking of these children can be made more effective, also a...
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