My brother and I are trying to help our mom learn to use her smartphone but we keep contradicting each other's teaching approaches — I show her step-by-step sequences while he explains the underlying logic, and she's getting confused by our mixed methods rather than becoming more confident.
More people experience this than they realize.
Multiple instructors with different pedagogical instincts are inadvertently creating cognitive noise that impedes rather than supports learning.
“Where Are You with Situated cognition and learning in context?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.