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What does it mean?
Learning is older and more widespread than teaching.
In plain terms
People have been learning longer and more broadly than they have been teaching.
What can you take from it?
Value natural learning processes over formal instruction.

Where it applies

  • school reform
  • self-directed study

Putting it to work

  • encourage experiential learning
  • reduce overemphasis on lecturing

Questions to consider

  • How can teaching draw from innate learning abilities?
  • What balances learning and teaching?

Another view

The claim may ignore cultures with strong oral teaching traditions.

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