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Why Preschool Shouldn’t Be Like School - New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever-younger ages, may backfire - Alison Gopnik, Salon[… ] direct instruction made the children less curious and less likely to discover new information. […]
Direct instruction really can limit young children’s learning. Teaching is a very effective way to get children to learn something specific—this tube squeaks, say, or a squish then a press then a pull causes the music to play. But it also makes children less likely to discover unexpected information and to draw unexpected conclusions.
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