Domenico Masciotra

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Is cognition possible without action (without doing something)? What teachers should do: teach knowledge or develop action?

The cognitive process is frequently, if not usually, understood in three steps: first Perception, then cognition, then action. Can we say that perception as well as cognition are already action?...

05 May 2018 1,271 7 View

If human life were possible in weightlessness (zero gravity), would that change anything in ours way of knowing and in our knowledge?

Is knowledge related to our being in the world (earth)? Would we have discovered the phenomenon of gravity?

01 January 2018 7,641 16 View

Could we teach anything else than subject matter anyway?

Teaching is teaching something: that is mostly subject matter, a disciplinary content or whatever other content. The key word here is content. What else? Many people believe this. What’s your...

12 December 2014 6,372 44 View

What is the most important factor of learning? And why?

Is it the environment? Learner's attitude? concentration? motivation? engagement? IQ? repetition? experience? and so on.

02 February 2014 9,105 30 View

Alternatives to long-term memory?

Knowledge is stored in long-term memory (LTM). What are the alternatives? Where is the LTM located? Where else could the knowledge be stored? What does it mean to store knowledge: to keep it...

01 January 2014 4,054 14 View

What do you think of this principle of teaching: Do not teach what you know as an expert?

Teach only what the student is able to learn. Or better, teach only the most of what your can actively share with your student. Some eventual arguments: 1. Knowledge is not transmittable. 2....

12 December 2013 8,405 96 View

Don't we need to act to learn, and learn to act better? Is there any knowing possible outside one's actions?

To know, don't you have to do something (action)? To show that you have learned some knowledge, don't you have to do something like recite your lesson, pass an exam, write something involving...

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