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Great geniuses are nurtured in rich environments. Certainly geniuses such as Newton, Darwin and Picasso were intellectually gifted and dedicated, but they did not emerge in a vacuum. Individuals of great accomplishment are immersed in the culture of their times. The idea that great thinkers and artists are solitary geniuses without being influenced intellectually by others is simply a myth. This was made evident by Isaac Newton when he stated: ‘If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.’ Perhaps the greatest scientist of all time recognised the influences on his accomplishments. It is clear that the gifted are cultivated in complex interactions with their surroundings (Montuori & Purser, 1995). This is no less true for the less gifted and goes to the core of learning from others.
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Garrison, D.R., Akyol, Z. (2015). Thinking Collaboratively in Educational Environments: Shared Metacognition and Co-Regulation in Communities of Inquiry. In: Lock, J., Redmond, P., Danaher, P.A. (eds) Educational Developments, Practices and Effectiveness. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137469939_3
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