Discovery learning

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Discovery Learning is a method of inquiry-based instruction.

Discovery learning takes place in problem solving situations where the learner draws on his own experience and prior knowledge to discover the truths that are to be learned. Discovery learning is a method of instruction through which students interact with their environment by exploring and manipulating objects, wrestling with questions and controversies, or performing experiments. It is posited that students are more likely to remember concepts they discover on their own than those they are taught. It is a constructivist based approach to education. It is supported by the work of learning theorists and psychologists Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, and Seymour Papert. It has had importance in the development of instructional techniques, especially in science instruction.

The concept of discovery learning has also been widely used in corporate training and development initiatives. Concepts such as business finance and strategy, project teams, leadership, organizational performance, and change management have been been tought utilizing the techniques associated with discovery learning.

[edit] External links

• The Discovery Learning Project at the College of Natural Sciences of the University of Texas at Austin

[edit] Further reading

Bruner, J.S. (1960). The Process of Education. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Bruner, J.S. (1967). On knowing: Essays for the left hand. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.

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