In
pedagogy
Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...
, firsthand learning means learning from
direct experience Direct experience or immediate experience generally denotes experience gained through immediate sense perception. Many philosophical systems hold that knowledge or skills gained through direct experience cannot be fully put into words.
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. The first documented use of the term was by
Mark St. John of Inverness Research Associates, in a lecture at the Workshop Center at the
City College of New York.
Firsthand learning makes use of a learner's