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Donald beat me to the punch. I often think of educational fads in the
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 ownis only
efforts. While he may accomodate his thought to the ideas of others, it
as he tries those ideas out within the context of the ideas he hasThis "theory of learning" has just been rediscovered.
previously acquired that he makes them his own."
Jean Piaget
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