Learning to Learn

Synopsis: Presents two contrasting views on the significance of the context of learning: 1) a case study of the way Brazilian street children acquire mathematical skills without going to school. Context is all-important: from the context of street trading and street life they learn, without the intervention of a teacher; 2) a context-free learning scheme developed by Reuven Feuerstein in Jerusalem, which consists of semi-geometrical thinking exercises. It is claimed that the skills developed will later transfer to real-life situations. The question posed is which of these two approaches to the importance of context is correct; the answer arrived at is that they should be seen as complementary.
Series: Curriculum and Learning, Course E271
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1991
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: Education
Keywords: Brazil; cognitive skills; Israel; street children; teaching methods

Producer

Meg Sheffield

Cast

Lesley Judd

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