Tale of Two Cultures

• Our educational system is based on the assumption that teaching is needed for learning to occur. Education has been seen as a process of transferring knowledge, and treated as a series of steps to be mastered. This approach sees standardization as important and testing as the way to measure the result. The authors see a new culture of learning emerging, which focuses on learning through engagement within the world. In their world, learners encounter boundaries in their environment. This spurs imagination and they become more active in finding novel solutions within the constraints they face. The emerging culture responds to its surroundings. Unlike the traditional culture that strives for stability and adapts only when it has to, this new culture responds to the environment and thrives on change.

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