# Firsthand learning

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Term in education

In [pedagogy](/source/Pedagogy), **firsthand learning** means learning from [direct experience](/source/Direct_experience). The first documented use of the term was by Mark St. John of Inverness Research Associates,[1] in a lecture at the Workshop Center at the [City College of New York](/source/City_College_of_New_York).

Firsthand learning makes use of a learner's [innate](/source/Innate) [curiosity](/source/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.[2] It involves close engagement with the immediate environment.[3]

Firsthand learning is an [inquiry](/source/Inquiry) process that generates questions for subsequent investigations. Learners may also record their observations for analysis and interpretation,[4] and communicate the results of this investigative process. Sharing evidence and discussing findings with others makes learning a social process.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** St. John, Mark (September 1999). ["Wait! Don't Tell Me!: The Anatomy and Politics of Inquiry"](http://www.inverness-research.org/reports/1999-09-Rpt-waitdonttellme-polinqlc.PDF) (PDF). *1998 Catherine Molony Memorial Lecture*. The City College Workshop Center, NY. Retrieved September 23, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Firsthand Learning: The Role of Knowledge Management Approaches"](http://www.firsthandlearning.org/). *www.firsthandlearning.org*. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Professional Development and School Capacity. Accredited High School Diploma"](https://www.excelhighschool.com/). *excelhighschool*. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Dewey, John (1910). [*How We Think*](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201492). Lexington, MA: D. C. Heath. [ASIN](/source/ASIN_(identifier)) [B004QOA876](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QOA876). Reprinted, FQ Books, December 2010

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Barbara Rogoff; Ruth Paradise; Rebeca Mejia Arauz; Maricela Correa-Chavez; Cathy Angelillo (2003), ["Firsthand Learning Through Intent Participation"](http://www.scielo.mec.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0870-82312004000100003), *Annual Review of Psychology*, **54**: 175–203, [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1146/annurev.psych.54.101601.145118](https://doi.org/10.1146%2Fannurev.psych.54.101601.145118), [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10400.12/5953](https://hdl.handle.net/10400.12%2F5953), [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [12499516](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12499516), [archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200709154800/http://www.scielo.mec.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0870-82312004000100003) from the original on 2020-07-09, retrieved 2019-07-05

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