Apart from the pain of the exorbitant insurance policy extension, it went well, we are still talking & we did not end up like this:
As to the learning for me. I think Roger Schank is correct when he talks :
- "Learning is about enhancing abilities."
- "Learning not about the retention of information"
- "knowledge cannot be readily transferred by telling"
This becomes really obvious when you are asked how to brake smoothly, or engage the biting point of the clutch which for most of us is an unconsciously competent skill, we do without thinking.
To help any learner a teacher has to be able to break the task down into its constituent parts or find a way of connecting to the learner'sr existing skills/practices to help them progress.
Thanks to Nick who sent me this encouragement:
