There’s a lot of talk about activity theory today, but it’s important to note that there is a difference between the notion of an activity and the actions of an activity. An activity is something that you do every single day. A person who is an activity theorist is someone who believes that we are often focused on activities on a daily basis, and that our lives are much more than just being there and doing the same thing every day.
I believe that the activity theory paradigm should be seen as a sort of “discovery” of education. For a large group of people, education is the way they learn their lives and get their work done. What makes a person a “discovery” is that they start to learn something new. They are going to discover other things and try to learn new ways of doing things.
One of our friends from New York said that many people who didn’t have a clue about work and education don’t have a clue about how to do things. But, to be fair, we are all just learning in the same way. For instance, I know someone who has been on the job for 3 years and was recently hired back as a new student, but now they’ve been going to work for about a year. That’s a lot of learning.
We are all learning the same way. Just because we aren’t learning the same way doesn’t mean we arent learning. We learn all at the same time. We just learn different ways. I know someone who got hired for a new job and then they got laid off, but they got to learn so much new stuff they now have 5+ years of experience, which is an amazing feeling.
So whats the best way to learn new things? The best way is to put in some real work. The best way to learn a new language is to put a bunch of books in the library and read them cover to cover. The best way to learn to play the piano is to practice every day. The best way to learn to code is to write code every day. The best way to learn to dance is to practice every day.
I always tell my students that learning is not a passive process. Rather, it is a continuous process. You can start learning a skill or talent at any time. If you are able to put in some hard work, you can learn it without having to take a break for a few weeks or months. It’s like a skill that you can relearn over time.
I can’t think of a better way to describe learning. So many people seem to be in the habit of putting off the “learning” part of a skill or talent until they either need to use it or reach a certain level of proficiency. This is a really bad habit.
In my opinion, learning a skill or talent is a process. You can start learning a skill or talent at any time. If you are able to put in some hard work, you can learn it without having to take a break for a few weeks or months. Its like a skill that you can relearn over time. The key is to learn to learn. If you learn to learn, you can relearn a skill or talent over time.
This is why we do things: because we want to. We want to learn new skills, or new things. This is why a lot of people who do things (such as musicians and musicians in particular) put in some hard work to relearn a skill over time. It is because we want to.
The idea that you can learn a skill or talent over time, or relearn it, makes sense.