Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process.
Interpretation
Active learning enhances the effectiveness of the educational process.
This quote by Kurt Lewin emphasizes the idea that engagement in the learning process leads to better retention and understanding of material compared to a passive approach, such as simply listening or reading without interaction. Active learning involves participants in the process, allowing them to experiment, discuss, and apply concepts in a hands-on manner, which ultimately fosters deeper comprehension and critical thinking skills.
In practice
In a classroom, the teacher can encourage students to participate in discussions rather than just lecturing for hours.
The American culture ideal of the "self-made-man," of everyone "standing on his own feet" seemed as tragic a picture as the initiative-destroying dependence on a benevolent despot. He felt and perceived clearly that we all need continuous help from each other, and that this type of interdependence is the greatest challenge to maturity of individual and group functioning.
The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense, not worth looking at. Then comes a time when a multitude of contradictory objections are raised, such as: the new theory is too fancy, or merely a new terminology; it is not fruitful, or simply wrong. Finally a state is reached when everyone seems to claim that he had always followed this theory. This usually marks the last state before general acceptance.
If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.
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