If I were against mimesis and perceptual learning, I’d have to be against babies, but babies are good.
It makes sense that people who haven’t learned the syntax at all might have to learn that before learning substance. But it sounds like the sort of pedagogy you’re describing is trying to pretend to teach things much faster than most of the students are ready for.
Hm, I think people vary a lot on this. I like to have a blurred outline of a thing before I fill in detailed steps; I find it painful and frustrating to be dragged through detailed logical steps without that context. I find mimesis is good for producing the blurred outline.
Agreed that classes also often go way too fast. University intro maths courses (in the UK at least) are often pretty terrible for this. But I have no problem in principle with people learning a mix of syntax and substance at the same time.
If I were against mimesis and perceptual learning, I’d have to be against babies, but babies are good.
It makes sense that people who haven’t learned the syntax at all might have to learn that before learning substance. But it sounds like the sort of pedagogy you’re describing is trying to pretend to teach things much faster than most of the students are ready for.
Hm, I think people vary a lot on this. I like to have a blurred outline of a thing before I fill in detailed steps; I find it painful and frustrating to be dragged through detailed logical steps without that context. I find mimesis is good for producing the blurred outline.
Agreed that classes also often go way too fast. University intro maths courses (in the UK at least) are often pretty terrible for this. But I have no problem in principle with people learning a mix of syntax and substance at the same time.