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Four Learning Dimensions
November 17, 2011
What good is running if one is on the wrong road.
-English Proverb
-English Proverb
Social dimension: The child's individual competence has its origin in different forms of interaction with others. Learning occurs twice: first together, then alone. The child is simply borrowing competence from a friend.
Tool dimension: An active child always uses tools and signs containing stored knowledge, which children make use of in activities. The word is an especially important tool as it influences and transforms the way we think.
Contextual dimension: The child's learning activities always take place in specific situations and cultural contexts. These contexts contain competence — the child borrows from the competence in the room. Some rooms help, others obstruct learning.
Creative dimension: Children do not only use relations, tools, and situations. They also recreate them. Children are not only tool-users, they are also tool-makers. It is important, therefore, that children feel free to do things their way."
Mind in the Making |
 Ellen Galinsky provides research-based advice for parents and teachers on how to raise their children to be well rounded and achieve their full potential — learning to take on life’s challenges, communicating well with others, and remaining committed to learning. |
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Comments (4)
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Thank you for pointing out our typo. It has been corrected!
Upper Darby, PA 19082, PA, United States
It should say "make use of."
Upper Darby, PA 19082, PA, United States
It should say "use" of
United States
This statement doesn't make sense to me:
"Tool dimension: An active child always uses tools and signs containing stored knowledge,
which children make us of in activities."
There must a word missing between 'us' and 'of.'
How should that statement read
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