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passive learning

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passive learning
Education The acquisition of knowledge without active effort–eg, by listening to audiocassettes, exposure in the working environment. See Spoon-feeding.
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Now, however, young people are fast adopting active rather than passive learning techniques, using internet-based technology to seek out numerous sources of information before evaluating them independently.
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Now, however, young people are fast adopting active rather than passive learning techniques, using internet-based technology to seek out numerous sources of information before evaluating them independently.
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