Wednesday, 13 October 2010

More gems

"Approaches to learning should be moved beyond normative approaches. A primary goal of education is to improve the functional level of performance of students, so they can then produce skills on their own"

Kurt Fisher (Director of Harvard's Mind - Brain Connection to Education Institute)

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"Teacher assisted environments that guide, motivate and support self discovery learning are more effective than teacher centered environments. Learning skill and education do NOT come from teachers"

The committee of Learning Research and Educational Practices (USA)