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Translating Facts Into Knowledge

Translating Facts Into Knowledge Many education systems have a tendency to be limiting and rigid. These systems teach children to value facts over knowledge and routine and repetition over playfulness and curiosity to seek knowledge. How can we unleash our children's imagination and permit them to use play and other creative tools as a means of learning? This article proposes new ways to tackle this old problem. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mind, Brain, and Education Wiley

Translating Facts Into Knowledge

Umewaka, Soraya
Mind, Brain, and Education , Volume 5 (1) – Mar 1, 2011
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Wiley
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© 2011 The Author. Journal Compilation © 2011 International Mind, Brain, and Education Society and Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
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1751-2271
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1751-228X
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10.1111/j.1751-228X.2011.01106.x
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Many education systems have a tendency to be limiting and rigid. These systems teach children to value facts over knowledge and routine and repetition over playfulness and curiosity to seek knowledge. How can we unleash our children's imagination and permit them to use play and other creative tools as a means of learning? This article proposes new ways to tackle this old problem.

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Mind, Brain, and Education – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 2011

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