Mithilesh Chudgar
- Inventor of Readography
Make Learning Stress Free for
your students
Knowers V/s Learners
June 15, 2014
In times of change, the learners will inherit the Earth while the knowers
will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer
exists.
- Eric
Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
We have been
revolving round the “knowers”, our only concern has always been producing
“knowers” and we have valued their knowledge as the end.
With changing
times our focus now has to be producing learners, who can adopt to change
easily and perform in diverse conditions.
Let us look at
some of the distinct points of knowers and learners;
- Knowers see learning as destination; learners
see learning as a journey.
- Knowers go for certainty; learners go for
possibility
- Knowers see their truth as the only truth;
learners are open to others’ views
- Knowers base their Self Image on being right;
learners base theirs on contribution
- Knowers are not able to overcome fear easily
as they do not admit their shortcomings or are not ready to admit that
they do not know everything; Learners overcome fears with relative ease,
as they readily admit their shortcomings and are open to learn new things.
- Knowers cannot be wrong, so if they make a
mistake they find someone or something to blame; learners can make
mistakes, admit they do not have all the answers and continue to be a part
of the solution
- Knowers find it difficult to adopt to change
and become weaker, less effective and less influential over time; learners
readily adopt, become stronger, more effective, and more influential
I have found that
I am a knower in some aspects and a learner in some aspects, and after working
with number of people have realized that this is true for everyone and one can
become a learner from a knower.
Learners excel in
business, Corporate are looking for learners, in every aspect of life learners
consistently keep growing.
Now the big
question;
Are we producing
knowers or learners in our education system?
