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Self-discovery key to educational success: Teach a child to teach himself 10 Articles

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    by Ernest Smartt

    Self-discovery is indeed a key to an individual's educational success. Self-discovery is where education begins for everyone. The life of a child before he enters school is full of learning, from the beginning of the day t...read more

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    by Beverly Beech

    As a teacher of the gifted, I have been trying for years to teach children how to teach themselves. With a master's degree in administration and counseling, I have not only been involved in the day to day operation of tea...read more

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    by Kristen Alliegro

    Education begins long before the discovery of self ever comes into question. Learning begins at the moment the brain stem is developed in utero, when an embryo can hear his mother's voice vibrating through uterine walls. ...read more

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    by Shaheen Darr

    It is an inborn instinct in us to try things out ourselves and this starts at a very early age. Have you noticed an infant being fed who tries to take the spoon from you and tries to use it himself without success or even ...read more

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    by Mona Pellerin

    As a program developer for academic summer camps at a Community College, I used college professors as instructors. During a meeting of public school teachers and the observations of the instructors in the classroom, the m...read more

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    by Erin Knight

    You know how the saying goes, " give a man a fish he'll eat for the day, teach a man to fish he'll eat for the rest of his life". The same can be said about teaching children. Teach a child a lesson plan, he'll learn for t...read more

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    by Renee Morgan

    Self-discovery is the most amazing education in the world. To learn something on my own as a child, gave me the biggest ego in the world. My dads', brother in-law was the best teacher I ever had. My uncle would challen...read more

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    by Heinz Sladek

    The best way for students to learn is through guided self discovery. Many of us can attest to the fact that we spent years in school, learning in college classrooms, and when we left the classroom to work in the "real worl...read more

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    by Lucy Bianchi

    The world of knowledge is a vast and all encompassing place. Anyone who embraces a career in a learning environment understands all too well that this can be an amazing and nourishing place or an obstacle course full of m...read more

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    by Angela Phelps

    No greater lesson can be given to a child than a lesson in how to learn. To teach a child to teach himself offers infinite opportunities for growth, enrichment, fulfillment, and productivity throughout his lifetime. I...read more

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