Once we engage the learner in a system of achieving results instead of obtaining knowledge to understand and make sense of life, the method and means of education easily take on competitive values focusing on finishing first and obtaining the highest marks. The emphasis moves from the process to the product. Students become anxious to finish tasks and do the next thing rather than participate in the work of attending and reflecting. The teacher then bears the weight of adjusting lessons so that they can be assessed objectively. The learner sees himself as one whose work is to adapt from one
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