The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage. As long as you are determined to cover everything, you actually ensure that most kids are not going to understand. You've got to take enough time to get kids deeply involved in something so they can think about it in lots of different ways and apply it — not just at school but at home and on the street and so on. — Howard Gardner
What we want to see is the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. — George Bernard Shaw
In project learning, you stick with one idea long enough to accumulate many pieces of knowledge that work together.
Project learning is meaningful learning — sustained time, sustained focus, no limits, no road map, simply connecting one concept to the next, until you have achieved real understanding and authentic knowledge. Instead of a learning moment, we can have a learning life.
taken from one of my favorite blogs...
http://www.whiteoakschool.com/camp-creek-blog/2008/10/9/getting-beyond-the-learning-moment.html
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