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The bucket theory of the mind

The mind is not passively receiving knowledge like a bucket receives fluid, and knowledge is not like a fluid that can be poured in (even if the person on the receiving end wishes that it could be!)

How and why the bucket theory of the mind school system fails children

You can’t pour in a belief in freedom, any more than you can pour in any other ideas. The mind is active like a searchlight not passive like a bucket

The bucket theory of the mind in the powerless-victim-doomed-to-be-distressed mistake

The mind is not a bucket and criticism can’t be poured in

How is Karl Popper’s critique of the bucket theory of the mind relevant to everyday family life?

The dehumanising bucket-theory-of-the-mind argument for not letting children go to school that John Holt liked(!)

The bucket theory of the mind implicit in the teacher-directed learning model: direct transmission of information from a teacher to a learner cannot happen

“Surely there are important lessons parents and teachers need to pour into children whether they like it or not?”

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