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you don't understand the bike until you've fallen off it a few times.
means learning by doing the actual task rather than reading or hearing about it, so your body and mistakes teach you what lectures can't.
from traces to john dewey's early 1900s experiential education movement, which argued kids learn best through direct experience and reflection, not passive absorption of facts.
dewey's pushargued schools should mimic real life, not classrooms
retention edgedoing something beats hearing it by wide margins
montessori linkbuilt an entire method on touch-first learning
pilots knowsimulators exist because reading manuals doesn't fly planes
for instance
montessori schools — since 1907, kids learn math by handling physical bead chains
medical residency — doctors operate under supervision before ever practicing alone
apprenticeship trades — electricians and plumbers train for years on live job sites
maker faire — attendees build robots and circuits instead of watching demos