Ways of Learning/Knowing, pt II:

. "Learning as Social"

"You learn from having to explain it to someone else"

(or "We learned from each other" etc -- quotes from students)

.Our understanding helps our communication -- and vice versa:

Writing Process		(Re)Thinking Process

We often come to know and understand our own beliefs(!) only through (or after) social interactions...

"Gosh, I didn't realize I felt so strongly about that..."

"What did I just say? No, I don't believe that nonsense!"

"Come to think of it, it's not 100% black or white..."

...be it ideas about fixing a car...

... or philosophy, politics, religion, games, etc

We come to know and better understand our own beliefs via: mutual discussion, explaining to another, oral presentations, sharing our mental "pictures"...

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