{{Short description|Term in education}} In [[pedagogy]], '''firsthand learning''' means learning from [[direct experience]]. The first documented use of the term was by Mark St. John of Inverness Research Associates,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.inverness-research.org/reports/1999-09-Rpt-waitdonttellme-polinqlc.PDF | last=St. John | first=Mark | title=Wait! Don't Tell Me!: The Anatomy and Politics of Inquiry| work=1998 Catherine Molony Memorial Lecture | publisher=The City College Workshop Center, NY | date=September 1999 | accessdate=September 23, 2012 }}</ref> in a lecture at the Workshop Center at the [[City College of New York]].
Firsthand learning makes use of a learner's [[innate]] [[curiosity]] and desire to investigate real phenomena, by providing them with opportunities to learn for themselves using the analytical abilities of their own minds, and connect with the world around them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Firsthand Learning: The Role of Knowledge Management Approaches |url=http://www.firsthandlearning.org/ |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=www.firsthandlearning.org}}</ref> It involves close engagement with the immediate environment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professional Development and School Capacity. Accredited High School Diploma |url=https://www.excelhighschool.com/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=excelhighschool}}</ref>
Firsthand learning is an [[inquiry]] process that generates questions for subsequent investigations. Learners may also record their observations for analysis and interpretation,<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Dewey| first1 = John | title = How We Think | url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201492 | location = Lexington, MA | publisher = D. C. Heath | year= 1910 | asin= B004QOA876 }} Reprinted, FQ Books, December 2010</ref> and communicate the results of this investigative process. Sharing evidence and discussing findings with others makes learning a social process.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Barbara Rogoff | author2=Ruth Paradise | author3=Rebeca Mejia Arauz | author4=Maricela Correa-Chavez | author5=Cathy Angelillo | title=Firsthand Learning Through Intent Participation | journal=Annual Review of Psychology | volume=54 | pages=175–203 | doi=10.1146/annurev.psych.54.101601.145118 | year=2003 | pmid=12499516 | url=http://www.scielo.mec.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0870-82312004000100003 | hdl=10400.12/5953 | hdl-access=free | access-date=2019-07-05 | archive-date=2020-07-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709154800/http://www.scielo.mec.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0870-82312004000100003 | url-status=live | url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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