learning by doing
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Instead of learning by doing grunt work, juniors learn judgment and strategy by working alongside experienced colleagues on higher-level problems from day one, building the business acumen and strategic thinking that AI can’t replicate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
"This cruise is about learning by doing," said Seabed Minerals Authority spokesman Edward Herman.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025
They plunged right into the “Brooklyn Bridge” project, learning by doing.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's first chief environmental officer, said carbon removal markets need to mature significantly and the new U.S. price target can lead to "learning by doing".
From Reuters ● Nov. 5, 2021
The virtues of a school, as Dewey points out, are learning by doing; the use of muscles, sight and feeling, as well as hearing; and the employment of energy, originality, and initiative.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
