Re: was REFLECTION AND REFRACTION

["Donald E. Simanek" <dsimanek@eagle.lhup.edu>]

On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Herbert H. Gottlieb wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Jan 1998 22:32:15 -0400 (EDT) LUDWIK KOWALSKI
> <KOWALSKIL@alpha.montclair.edu> writes:
>
> > "The child comes to an understanding of the world through his own 
> > efforts. While he may accomodate his thought to the ideas of others, it
> is only 
> > as he tries those ideas out within the context of the ideas he has 
> > previously acquired that he makes them his own."
> >                                                   Jean Piaget
> This "theory of learning" has just been rediscovered. 
> It is called CONCEPTUALISM.
>
> Herb Gottlieb from New York City
> (Where we now have more theories of learning than actual learning in our
> schools)

In the ed-biz, where any simple idea can be made into a fad by giving it a
catchy name.

	-- Donald

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