Learning or Knowing without Doing?
December 3, 2013
Considering the basic tenets of the Cristian Faith, as well as those of its aspects that are more difficult to understand and apply, whatever can be considered important to learning has a direct impact on our doing, as our doing also has a direct impact on our capabilities or limitations for learning what is most important for our life.
The texts of the Holy Scriptures of Christianity are clear on the subject; human experience studied from a naturalistic perspective agree: learning requires that we apply as we understand whatever is being learned.
Available in French only, the experiential perspective of learning is dealt with in section 5.3.3, Appropriation : application et transposition (ou l'« initiative du transfert ») p. 115-116, of my master's thesis, Récit et interprétation d'un parcours éducatif à la Téluq : sens et attitude épistémique, préconditions pour l'accompagnement en formation à distance (pdf, 192 p.), submitted to the Université du Québec à Montréal - Distance Learning Télé Université (UQAM - TÉLUQ).
The requirement to apply what we learn is also dealt with from a Christian perspective in my essay Comment donc comprendre la Bible aujourd'hui ? (pdf, 139 p.), sect. 1.7 Négligence de l'enjeu d'appropriation expérientielle, p. 54-59.