On the field of learning design (instructional design), at least a teacher or designer have the legitimate access to ID (instructional design) community resources : learn theories of learning, learn instructional design theories, do some ID projects etc.
For a common learner, it might be rare. Maybe some learners are lucky enough, to access to some knowledge and skills of learning how to learn. However, most learners will not deal with their own learning, in the same way of how a professional instructional designer conducts a systematic ID practice.
Although a learner has accumulated many years of practice of learning, it does NOT mean that he knows the rules/patterns about how to learn, it does NOT mean that he knows the sign/language system of how to learn, so it would be impossible to self-improve his learning guided by theories.
From very young, a learner might start learning many things: some things are closely related to his daily life, for example, healthy eating. What about for one of the most important daily practice - learning?
How much is explicitly taught to him about how to learn? How much reflective practice opportunity is offered to him? Can he visualize how his strategies and effort make a difference in his daily learning?
Year after year, day after day, is he on the road of becoming an expert learner? Is he making the best use of his thousands of hours of practice, in terms of his profession as a learner?
According to spiral-curriculum, any content can be designed in some format of understandable to young learners, so teaching one on how to learn should start from young age.
For a common learner, it might be rare. Maybe some learners are lucky enough, to access to some knowledge and skills of learning how to learn. However, most learners will not deal with their own learning, in the same way of how a professional instructional designer conducts a systematic ID practice.
Although a learner has accumulated many years of practice of learning, it does NOT mean that he knows the rules/patterns about how to learn, it does NOT mean that he knows the sign/language system of how to learn, so it would be impossible to self-improve his learning guided by theories.
From very young, a learner might start learning many things: some things are closely related to his daily life, for example, healthy eating. What about for one of the most important daily practice - learning?
How much is explicitly taught to him about how to learn? How much reflective practice opportunity is offered to him? Can he visualize how his strategies and effort make a difference in his daily learning?
Year after year, day after day, is he on the road of becoming an expert learner? Is he making the best use of his thousands of hours of practice, in terms of his profession as a learner?
According to spiral-curriculum, any content can be designed in some format of understandable to young learners, so teaching one on how to learn should start from young age.
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