| 5 | Discovery Courses Are Great in Theory, But … |
Los Angeles Public Schools
Almost everyone agrees that when students discover things on their own, the learning takes on a special significance. Students seem to have greater understanding and memory for what they have learned. Nevertheless, we teachers have a very difficult time allowing this kind of learning to happen in our classrooms.
There are a number of persuasive and seemingly logical reasons for not allowing much discovery to take place in our classes, and each has its merit. It takes too much time. I won’t be able to cover the entire course. What if they discover the wrong things?
Due to a series of events, I fell into a course that pressed the word “discovery” ...
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