Discovery Learning Method: An Introduction to Ancient Sources

We learn throughout life means the process of learning goes on continuously. Learning discovers new facts based on old facts or check the authenticity of old facts by searching for new facts. Education is synonymous with this sequence. Learning is the practical aspect of education. We always have a desire to learn something new for which we are always in the forefront. Discovery learning method is the discovery of the accuracy, of the facts independently and reaching the result by oneself. The discovery method was propounded by Jerome Brunner in 1960. Although if we look at the list of learning methods, the discovery learning method came into existence only a few decades ago, but if we look as its roots, then its origin can be seen in the ancient educational learning method. Its basic components are not new but ancient. Indian education system has been emphasizing on the independent thinking of the individual in education from the very beginning. True knowledge is refined form of learning that can be acquired only through self-study. The exploratory tendency has always been a fundamental part of learning. This tendency gives rises to new discoveries and motivates learning. Danforth says “All our knowledge is based upon experiences. What we call inferential knowledge, in which we go from the less to the more general, or from general to the particular, has experiences as its basis.”