Elvenoaks Concepts

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Higher Learning and constructivist theory

The "constructivist" theory of learning states that people construct new knowledge on top of old knowledge. In other words, for learning to be valuable to a person, to create happiness, learning must relate to something important in that learner's life. The learner can and must integrate that new knowledge into her or his existing life.

Without that integration, new information has no place to "take hold." The information becomes just added complexity for the mind to deal with. It is soon forgotten, dumped with all other useless information.

This does, actually, have relevance to college studies.

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