The most important thing any teacher has to learn, not to be learned in any school of education I ever heard of, can be expressed in seven words: Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Learning happens through the active engagement of the student, not through the act of teaching by an instructor.
- In plain terms
- Students learn by doing, not just by being taught.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on student activity rather than teacher lectures.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who drives the learning process?
- How can you increase student activity?
Another view
Direct instruction is sometimes needed for foundational knowledge.
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