EDUC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Deductive Reasoning, Inquiry-Based Learning, Expository Preaching
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"we teach a subject not to produce little living libraries on that subject, but rather to get a student to think . for himself, to consider matters as an historian does, to take part in the process of knowledge-getting. Knowing is a process, not a product. " (bruner, 1966, p. 72) Concept: a category of phenomena or events, actions, experiences. tremendously useful. perhaps one of the most useful inventions. allow us to simplify all the experiences we"ve had. allows us to anticipate what will happen with new experiences. Inquiry learning: formulate hypotheses to explain the event or solve the problem, collect data to test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, reflect on the original problem/question and the thinking skills and processes needed to solve it. "if i had to reduce all of educational psychology to just one principle, i would say this: the most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows.
