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Translating Facts Into Knowledge
Author(s) -
Umewaka Soraya
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
mind, brain, and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.624
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1751-228X
pISSN - 1751-2271
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-228x.2011.01106.x
Subject(s) - curiosity , limiting , repetition (rhetorical device) , value (mathematics) , psychology , epistemology , cognitive science , computer science , social psychology , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , mechanical engineering , machine learning
Many education systems have a tendency to be limiting and rigid. These systems teach children to value facts over knowledge and routine and repetition over playfulness and curiosity to seek knowledge. How can we unleash our children's imagination and permit them to use play and other creative tools as a means of learning? This article proposes new ways to tackle this old problem.