Learning is inevitable
LEARNING IS INEVITABLE Learners are never disengaged in learning...they may be disengaged in what they are expected to do but not disengaged in learning! I ask myself, have the grown ups forgotten that learning is instinctive? That it is inevitable? We learned to walk and to talk because we were inspired to do so. There was no curriculum, There was no teacher. It just happened. And, even though learning a new language and how to use it is one of the most sophisticated skills to master, it was easy. Babies have a huge sense of self. They instinctively know what they need, to get along in the world. The wisdom and knowing being within, is nothing new, Socrates beat us to it, education, educe... educe to draw out... So, even though this knowledge has been available to us since at least when Socrates was around, the teaching process seems to still be stuck in the "motivating, manipulating, moulding, teacher knows best, pour the information in" model. The ...