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John Locke's Theories Of How Children Can Be Given Into The Classroom

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One theorist that we have discussed in class is John Locke. John Locke had a theory that infants came into the world without any prior experiences or knowledge. He believed that children were “empty cabinets” that knowledge could be added to. Locke did recognize that there must be something present in order for children to learn. Locke acknowledged that infants are born with certain capabilities and potentialities within them. Locke’s ideas about how children learn can be transferred into a classroom to help teachers better understand how to reach their students. Locke believed that to learn something one must experience it. It is not as simple as recalling previously known information that is stored in the brain, because Locke, according
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