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heurism|ˈhjʊərɪz(ə)m| [f. heuristic + -ism.] The educational principle or practice of placing a pupil, as far as possible, in the position of a discoverer.
1919Times Educ. Suppl. 17 Apr. 181/3 The whole trend of modern educational improvement is to give the pupils just the benefits that Professor Laurie demanded. Boy-scouting.., direct methods, heurism, and..‘the play way’. 1920T. P. Nunn Education 91 Dr. M. W. Keatinge,..a severe critic of heurism and of the general idea of freedom in education. 1925C. Fox Educ. Psychol. 214 The second general principle of method [in teaching] is that known as heurism, i.e. the method of placing the pupil..in the position of the discoverer. This method had a great vogue a generation ago. 1959Chambers's Encycl. VII. 80/2 All teaching is balanced between the poles of heurism and of didactic suggestion. |