Act to learn

Abstract

The key concept of the text is a relational learning experience which expose the role of mutual relations and actions of participants of a learning group. The diagnosis of the present Polish education system shows that formal education focuses mostly at training students in routine tasks and less so at confronting them with non-routine activities. The paper argues that the learning process consisting of relational experiences and actions can better prepare the students for future unpredicted tasks and roles, and in general, for uncertainty of the future. The latter we consider as a major challenge of education nowadays. Another shortcoming of the system is its negligence of the social dimension of the learning process. We call it social deficit. However, the human being develops, flourishes, and learns in relations with others. We argue, that the idea of mutual learning calls for group actions of learners as a major way to achieve educational goals and might be included in the core curriculum.