Learn more about education with this collection
Cultivating a growth mindset and embracing challenges
Developing adaptive thinking and problem-solving skills
Effective learning frameworks and approaches
How to avoid the instructional fallacy
One possibility is to shift from education to exploration. Explore (explorare in Latin) means to investigate, search out, examine, explore.
Exploring will result in learning. Students may learn "the basics" in the course of their explorations, such as arithmetic while baking or reading while gaming. Learning will take place when the whole person is engaged and interested.
20
69 reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
People are free to choose how to be and behave
This point is fixed: people have free will. Any honest philosophy of education must take as a goal to develop people capable of acting deliberately to create their own lives.
Ultimately it is up to the individual to engage and choose what attitude to adopt. Explorare aligns more with this g...
17
68 reads
The problem with educare and educere
Educare and educere have their role in human society, yet neither is sufficient for achieving the learner's holistic development. Educare by itself may stifle individual genius and agency, while educere - to draw them out - needs an entirely different approach that demands "stude...
17
66 reads
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink"
Ultimately, any learner must desire to swallow whatever lesson is being taught. Teachers can offer classes, but they are entirely unable to make students learn, especially not deeply.
The history of pedagogy is primarily about developing techniques to overcome this ...
18
91 reads
Educare: The Instructional Fallacy (IF)
The instructional fallacy is the assumption that if instruction is provided, then children will learn. However, the student does not learn. Even if they can master some concepts and skills temporarily, they usually don't remember them for long because they lack curiosity or conti...
19
62 reads
Educare and educere
The two meanings contained in education provide an etymological foundation for debates about conventional and progressive pedagogies.
- Educare implies that the educator acts upon the learner to shape them into a form determined by the educator
17
83 reads
We think "education" means school
It doesn't. School is hardly eduction.
Education is derived from two Latin roots.
- Educare, which means to train or to mould.
- Educere, which means to draw out or to lead out.
24
386 reads
Explore the World’s
Best Ideas
200,000+ ideas on pretty much any topic. Created by the smartest people around & well-organized so you can explore at will.
An Idea for Everything
Explore the biggest library of insights. And we've infused it with powerful filtering tools so you can easily find what you need.
Knowledge Library
Powerful Saving & Organizational Tools
Save ideas for later reading, for personalized stashes, or for remembering it later.
Start
31 ideas
Start
44 ideas
# Personal Growth
Take Your Ideas
Anywhere
Organize your ideas & listen on the go. And with Pro, there are no limits.
Listen on the go
Just press play and we take care of the words.
Never worry about spotty connections
No Internet access? No problem. Within the mobile app, all your ideas are available, even when offline.
Get Organized with Stashes
Ideas for your next work project? Quotes that inspire you? Put them in the right place so you never lose them.
Start
47 ideas
Start
75 ideas
My Stashes
Join
2 Million Stashers
4.8
5,740 Reviews
App Store
4.7
72,690 Reviews
Google Play
samz905
Don’t look further if you love learning new things. A refreshing concept that provides quick ideas for busy thought leaders.
“
Sean Green
Great interesting short snippets of informative articles. Highly recommended to anyone who loves information and lacks patience.
“
Shankul Varada
Best app ever! You heard it right. This app has helped me get back on my quest to get things done while equipping myself with knowledge everyday.
“
Ashley Anthony
This app is LOADED with RELEVANT, HELPFUL, AND EDUCATIONAL material. It is creatively intellectual, yet minimal enough to not overstimulate and create a learning block. I am exceptionally impressed with this app!
“
Jamyson Haug
Great for quick bits of information and interesting ideas around whatever topics you are interested in. Visually, it looks great as well.
“
Ghazala Begum
Even five minutes a day will improve your thinking. I've come across new ideas and learnt to improve existing ways to become more motivated, confident and happier.
“
Giovanna Scalzone
Brilliant. It feels fresh and encouraging. So many interesting pieces of information that are just enough to absorb and apply. So happy I found this.
“
Laetitia Berton
I have only been using it for a few days now, but I have found answers to questions I had never consciously formulated, or to problems I face everyday at work or at home. I wish I had found this earlier, highly recommended!
“
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving & library
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Personalized recommendations
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates