Let us compare the typical way of learning in junior high school, where students are taught by teachers, with the way of learning by oneself, which is gradually required from university students onward. The former is called passive learning and the latter is called active learning. image

This diagram first appeared in Nada School Saturday Class, a talk for middle and high school students Learning up to and beyond middle school and high school. In the beginning, we called it “Middle school type learning” or “Adult-oriented learning” in the intellectual production techniques of engineers. Halfway through the article, it was pointed out that the term “junior high school type” might be “Why junior high school?” I changed it to “Passive learning and Active learning,” but the heading was “The difference between Learning as a Student and Learning from the University. Subtle…


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