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THIS IS TOO MUCH! Part 2: Bhaago! Bhaago!

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THIS IS TOO MUCH! Part 2 - Bhaago! Bhaago! Yeh Teacher Hamein Padha Raha Hai! When Learning Became Too Much for the Learners   A Mathivation Research Lab Initiative  Background & Purpose In Part 1 of "This Is Too Much!" , we explored what happens when observation is separated from context. This time, we enter a different world -  the world of teaching and learning. We often assume that if a child is not learning, the child is: careless, lazy, mischievous, uninterested, or simply "not capable." But is that always true? Sometimes, perhaps, the problem is not with the learner. Perhaps the learner is simply waiting for someone to discover the right door through which learning can enter. This story is humorous. But behind the humour lies a serious question: Are we teaching the learner - or are we merely trying to teach the lesson?   Opening Thought "A learner may resist a lesson, but that does not always mean the learner is resisting learn...