Traditional “Teaching-Fixing” Approaches to Learning	Researched Based “Learning-Developing” Approaches to Learning
Offer critical observations and judgments of outcomes	Offer positive feedback
Have results as goals	Have process of learning goals
Give directions to follow	Allow students to learn through their own experiences
Students are trying to get it right	Students are asked to experiment
Students show concerns before they act	Students evaluate after they act
Suggest using drills to lean	Uses random experimentation to learn
Teacher has the answer	Individuals construct their own knowledge base
Uses expert models	Uses learning models
Uses out of context aids	Use in context environments
Uses detailed, specific information	Use just in the ball park, non-specific concepts
Uses “how to” directions	Promote imagination, self-discovery, what if? Thinking
Teachers are evaluators	Student is the evaluator
Environment is biographical in nature	Environment is auto-biographical
Uses memorization	Uses indirect preparation
Values current information	Values past experiences
Values following directions	Offers choices
Teach	Educate
Are result oriented, a get it right environment	Are an investment in a students’ learning potential
Focus on providing details	Take self image and emotions into consideration
Try to fix personal habits by focusing on dogma	Focus on the design and structure of the approach to learning
Focus on subject matter	Focus on non-academic skills that support learning potential
Provide answers	Help students create useful questions
Use teachers	Have caretakers of learning skills
Have bias	Have open minds
Use passive learning	Use active learning
Use information from perceived experts	Use interactions by students
Focus on poor outcomes	Focus on poor insights
Attempt to conquer	Use cooperation
Points out failure	All outcomes are feedback
Provides information	Develops a working knowledge from information
Teachers are in charge	Teachers are sharing
Promotes following	Promotes self-expression
Provides ornamental details	Focuses on developing useful know how, or operational intelligence
Class sessions have a beginning and a finish	Learning environments are never ending
Are geared for providing information	Develop the capacity for creating knowledge that’s personal in nature
Are judgmental	Provide acceptance
Geared for treatment	Geared for prevention
Use information	Use reasoning and deduction skills
Try to teach	Coach
Promotes Fixing	Develops enlightenment