If we limit our notion of learning to the
"official" channel - the teacher,
the
textbook, the syllabus - we miss so much. Yes, learning happens at
school, but what about outside school? Yes, learning happens in the classroom,
but what about outside the classroom? Yes, learning happens in the act of "being
taught", but what about when we are not "being taught"?
Our schools
system implies that when we ring the bell to signal the start of a class, we are
really saying that the learning starts... wait for it... now!
And
at the end of the lesson we ring it again to say the learning now stops. Ok,
school's over, you can all stop learning now. Until tomorrow.