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...farther--probably many wonderful leaders of discussion classes today look at students with the steady attention and approval that their parents gave to them when they were learning to walk. According to the English developmental theorist, D.W. Winnicott, the parent kneeling on the floor a few feet from the toddler is creating a "space" in which learning takes place, in which there is little danger, much intrinsic reward, and the right amount (not too much) of excitement and applause and laughter. There are many kinds of laughter connected with learning, and the prophetic, promissory laugh drives out the mean, defeatist...
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