Intuition (1 blogmarks)

The process of learning is more essential than the insight or abstraction that we encounter on the other end.

What I term the “monad tutorial fallacy,” then, consists in failing to recognize the critical role that struggling through fundamental details plays in the building of intuition. This, I suspect, is also one of the things that separates good teachers from poor ones. If you ever find yourself frustrated and astounded that someone else does not grasp a concept as easily and intuitively as you do, even after you clearly explain your intuition to them (“look, it’s really quite simple,” you say…) then you are suffering from the monad tutorial fallacy.

This last sentence feels really important as someone who likes teaching. I’ve found myself frustrated at times trying to teach something that now feels obvious to me. Of course, I’ve had the chance to struggle through to the light bulb moment.

How can my teaching be grounded in presenting learners with an effective learning path instead of a destination?

I came across this post via Justin Jaffary’s post on Divergent Histories.