Talk:Learning-by-doing (economics)

Pedagogy
I've always used this term in the idea of a more practical learning, under a constructivist aproach.


 * The same for me --Nabeth (talk) 23:09, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Heterodox?
Is learning-by-doing a heterodox concept in economics? It doesn't seem so. If not, why is this article in the category "heterodox economics"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cosfly (talk • contribs) 16:21, 8 July 2008 (UTC)


 * It's a mainstream concept. I'm not sure I want to remove the tag, it's possible that someone had something in mind, for instance its relationship to evolutionary economics which has heterodox aspects. Just not sure, but I'll err towards leaving the category. C RETOG 8(t/c) 20:59, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Suggested additions to the article
There are a couple of things I would like to have seen in this article (but don't have the competence to write authoritatively about). Some examples of how learning by doing is realised in the production process would help bring it into context. There is no mention of the difference between experience curves and learning curves, nor of 'learning by searching' as a cause for the same effects. Finally, it would be nice to have a chart showing the learning curve of a specific technology (e.g. solar PV) could be plotted with historic cost data. Wogone (talk) 08:59, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

moved, Are pedagogical origins still missing?
I moved the article to "learning by doing (economics)" so that we can avoid confusion with things like pedagogy or educational practice. Cut out a little bit of text to match this focus. Also removed the Het econ category.Volunteer Marek (talk) 18:40, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Good choices, thanks. C RETOG 8(t/c) 22:40, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * This also matches the other language versions of wikipedia, which describe the pedagogical concept under "learning by doing". Actually, the (pedagogical) concept is much older than the economical one, having been formulated by the founder of the Scout movement, Lord Baden-Powell, more than a century ago. --Daniel Roethlisberger (talk) 10:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The article should probably mention Arrow's model of the concept, though that may deserve an article all on its own.Volunteer Marek (talk) 16:10, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Just to echo the observations from above on the missing pedagogical sense: The German article on "learning by doing" is all about the pedagogical origins of the concept by thinkers such as Friedrich Fröbel, Robert Baden-Powell John Dewey, Johann Amos Comenius, Simon Somerville Laurie, Henry Barnard,Francis Wayland Parker, Georg Kerschensteine. Where would be the place to put these aspects forward?balthas (talk) 07:35, 30 April 2013 (UTC)