Optimal distance
Optimal distance is a term used in pedagogy in connection with the processes of meaningful learning .
The reform pedagogue Willy Potthoff explains the importance of the optimal distance for the lesson: “If blind wandering and uneconomical searching are to be avoided, the teacher must first of all take the learner to the place that is in a favorable location to the object and with methodical guidance enables optimal distances. The location must be so close to the object that its structural features can be clearly recognized; at the same time it must be far enough that it is manageable in its totality. In some cases, stepping closer and stepping back, individually different, will have to alternate constantly if insights are to be achieved. "
The optimal distance must not be confused with a minimum distance, since if too close, the smallest barriers can become large obstacles and the impartiality towards the object can be lost.
A distinction must also be made between optimal distance on the one hand and sensitive period ( Maria Montessori ) or optimal phase ( Heinrich Roth ) on the other. "While optimal phases have to be waited for, then recognized and used, optimal distances can be initiated after an analysis of the points to be related in the intellectual area and found in a stimulating learning environment by the individual student."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Willy Potthoff: Methodical learning aids . Ravensburg 1976, p. 42.
- ↑ Willy Potthoff: Online-Text Nr. 5.8, S. 4, 2001, from the Reformpaedagogik-Archiv ( Memento of the original from December 8th 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (chargeable)
literature
- Willy Potthoff: Methodical learning aids. Ravensburg 1976.