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This is article we should all be reading. The single greatest article on prog trad minimal guidance v full guidance there is. It shows the way to a Montefiore solution subsuming both into a third more complete paradigm. I'm incredibly jealous of the author. It is actual genius. https://twitter.com/cbokhove/status/1288067321584648192
This is the thesis:"I argue for direct instruction (i.e., telling students what to do) as a means of fostering discovery via guided, repetitive practice. In doing so, I offer that the metaphors of teacher-as-giver and student-as-explorer are not contradictory, but complementary."
And there we have it immediately, a Montefiore/Court of the Red Tsar type solution, namely a new paradigm which subsumes two previously competing paradigms in a way that moves everything forward. Brilliant, but that's only the thesis, the article gets even better.
The authors builds on an "existing yet under-researched pedagogical approach that appears to incorporate these metaphors. In this approach, direct instruction is primarily used not to transmit knowledge, but to instruct students on, and guide them through, a repetitive practice."
And what is this approach? Martial arts. So before we look at that part, already what do we have? 1. A new integrated paradigm that subsumes two competing ones 2. A way of theoretically integrating practice with learning 3. A hitherto understudied area that is centuries old.
With regards to the point of longevity, while the author never refers to Lindy by name this is why Lindy is so potentially useful to teachers, longevity builds robustness. The converse applies, beware the completely new, it is likely to be a fad. https://medium.com/incerto/an-expert-called-lindy-fdb30f146eaf
Thanks to @MrRooBKK Roo for a link to a non-paywalled version. "In contrast to other papers in this special issue, the ideas presented here are not novel, but ancient, yet their longevity might also speak to their usefulness." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322078583_Instruction_repetition_discovery_restoring_the_historical_educational_role_of_practice
Last two points from the article, the first how this approach to guidance is both ancient and integrates prog/trad minimance vs fully guided instruction
Here it is cognitive load expressed by the martial artist with a very different conclusion (more on that)
