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... learning is . This ignorance is displayed most bla- tantly in the field of education . Not only is there little understanding of the phenomenon of learning , there is in addition a colossal con- fusion between learning and teaching ...
... learning is . This ignorance is displayed most bla- tantly in the field of education . Not only is there little understanding of the phenomenon of learning , there is in addition a colossal con- fusion between learning and teaching ...
Page 97
... learning is something bequeathed by the teacher , by a book , or by TV to the student . It is a startling revelation to many that learn- ing is an active endogenous process , that learning is done by the individual by himself . In one ...
... learning is something bequeathed by the teacher , by a book , or by TV to the student . It is a startling revelation to many that learn- ing is an active endogenous process , that learning is done by the individual by himself . In one ...
Page 99
... learning need not concern us here be- cause most people have a nodding acquaintance with them even if their interest is merely vicarious . But the fly , I regret to state , is colossally stupid . Worms learn , snails learn , cockroaches ...
... learning need not concern us here be- cause most people have a nodding acquaintance with them even if their interest is merely vicarious . But the fly , I regret to state , is colossally stupid . Worms learn , snails learn , cockroaches ...
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