All humans are born with the innate ability to learn from their very first breath as a baby.
Knowledge is everywhere, waiting to be absorbed. With curiosity intact, anyone can learn anything, from anywhere.
Learning is just one step before being taught. It ends the moment teaching begins.
Learning is fundamentally different from being taught. It is self-driven, and thrives on exploration, observation, and discovery!
However, Teaching begins where independent learning stops. The moment formal teaching is introduced, learning risks becoming passive.
“When a student is ready, a teacher appears!” – how about looking at this differently!
A student is ready to be taught by a teacher because they have not pursued seeking independently, or been discouraged to learn on their own (which is often the case, as schooling begins when a child turns 3). In true sense, a generation has evolved without knowing their inherent potential to explore learning anything on their own.
A teacher’s role begins only when the learner has failed or deprived to utilize their inherent learning potential.
We have created a belief system, that learning is synonymous with education, which is heavily institutionalized. This conflation has shifted learning from a natural human instinct to a structured, external process governed by systems, curricula, and authority.
True learning lies in the nuances, through self-discovery, curiosity, and receptiveness to progression. A traditional teacher can only present “what is” of a concept, knowledge often inherited from another teacher.
What if teaching were instead replaced with facilitation?
A facilitator ignites intrigue, enabling critical thinking, logical reasoning, and problem-solving.
Teaching transmits ‘what is known‘. Facilitation awakens the ‘desire to know‘.
By shifting from a preaching-based pedagogy to one that is centered on facilitation, learners gain holistic understanding. They experience the “Joy of Learning” through discovery, develop ownership of knowledge, and nurture the curiosity that makes learning life-long.
When have you last learned something on your own? How was your learning experience different?
