“ There is a well-established and still very widely held view, which can be found in the work of Piaget, that active learning, learning through experience or through play, is only appropriate for very young children and that as young people mature they should move from learning in a concrete way to learning which involves abstract analytical and symbolic thinking rather than physical doing. Contemporary learning theorists point out that this view is mistaken, and that rather than leaving behind experience-based intuitive exploration and response this remains one among many strategies for learning. ”
Eilean Hooper-Greenhill. Museums and Education: Purpose, Pedagogy, Performance. 2007. (via jenlindblad)
we were just talking about piaget at work … because this is what i do.
