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Download full textBuchmann, Margret; Schwille, John – 1982
The presuppositions that favor firsthand experience over secondhand information, as pertaining to learning and education, are questioned. It is noted that, when education and firsthand experience are described as if equivalent, a presumption is made that a commonsense theory of knowledge and mind is valid. Research on the social psychology of…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
