1. Access to a trusted authority, to get their questions answered (eg “how do I even get started with this?” or “Did I do this right?” or “What is this one tricky word?”)
2. Someone observing them while they work, to spot the unknown unknowns and answer the questions the student doesn’t even know they have.
This is extremely important, because it seems to me that some opponents of current school system go to the opposite extreme and claim that any guidance is harmful. (As if the best way for the child to learn is to wait until they reinvent the entire civilization from scratch.)
This is extremely important, because it seems to me that some opponents of current school system go to the opposite extreme and claim that any guidance is harmful. (As if the best way for the child to learn is to wait until they reinvent the entire civilization from scratch.)