CAN WE TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO LEARN WHILE TEACHING THEM WHAT TO LEARN?
CAN WE TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO LEARN WHILE TEACHING THEM WHAT TO LEARN?

Author(s): Sorina-Mihaela MARDAR
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: students; teaching; learning how to learn; instructional methods.
Summary/Abstract: Is it still necessary, today, to teach students how to learn? Through technology, we interact with everything in our environment. But the influence of technology is much deeper: it affects human development, the way we do things, the decisions we make, the way we view our peers and even ourselves. Our entire lives are under the influence of technology. Recent generations of children are called “digital children” because they grew up with digital devices, and their use has left its mark on their way of being and acting. With the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has penetrated both education and our homes. But precisely in this context, of technological advancement, of today's children who are born with a technological intelligence that previous generations did not have, it is necessary to teach them how to learn. Today's children, growing up in a digital world, where the answers to any question are just a click away, no longer have enough patience to look for solutions to problems: for them, if the answer/solution does not come in 5 seconds, they give up the fight. Today's children know very well how to apply algorithms, but when you have a problem that requires a heuristic solution, divergent thinking, creativity, most of them cannot cope. Lack of patience becomes a character trait that is also reflected in school work, in the way children learn and, later, in their personal lives. Those children who demonstrate increased ability to concentrate and resist effort succeed in exams (national assessment, baccalaureate). One way in which school (at any level, including university) and family can help children/youth develop their thinking and the energetic-motivational system that supports intellectual activity is to teach children how to learn.

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