tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337360001060332600.post1400559778598543360..comments2023-07-25T08:26:50.096-06:00Comments on Learning at Westminster: Why Larry Summers is wrong about the future of educationgaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05362826471852969332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337360001060332600.post-92200362475962863332012-01-28T09:16:53.388-07:002012-01-28T09:16:53.388-07:00"What evidence we have about learning suggest..."What evidence we have about learning suggests that it happens in active learning settings, where students are responsible for puzzling through problems, struggling through assignments, critiquing each others work, putting theory into action in the community, etc."<br /><br />Amen.<br /><br />I am more interested in policies that emphasize the active portion of the learning process than I am in proposals like Summers' that focus on the passive portion: the transfer of information.Joshua Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04027164929889036032noreply@blogger.com