Why do our teachers teach students to regurgitate facts?
Rote learning, regurgitation, repetition, retrieval, rehearsal or practice. Call it what you want, but to strengthen our expertise, we need to repeat to a point of automaticity.
So, the answer to the above question is 'Repetition is essential for learning'.
Schools have always taught students concepts, rules and facts, but how teachers do it today is far more sophisticated than perhaps what you and I experienced.
We know that the more we practise, the stronger we become. The result? It becomes easier for us to perform everyday actions. For
What an amazing insight and perception. Something that I second as I learnt it the same way as a child. Wonderful blog!
I love this idea! I am someone who thrives on learning by repetition so I’ll never knock it. Great blog!
Before reading this, I thought that rote learning was inefficient. I see now that it definitely has a time and a place, and it can be beneficial. This isn’t super surprising to me because I know from experience that constant repetition helps a ton when it comes time to study for an assessment. Also, it was nice to see the connection to linking content to other subjects. This is something we talk about a lot in my education courses! I will absolutely keep all of this in mind while writing lesson plans!