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learning that occurs without someone deliberately engaging in study – spontaneous learning that occurs due to the inherent nature of our cognitive systems that have evolved to recognise patterns in the environment/our expereinces

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.