Learning is ongoing and contextual

Ongoing and Contextual Learning

Category: Tsm’syen Law Page status: Working

Purpose

This page records the principle that learning within Tsm’syen law is ongoing and contextual. It affirms that understanding of law develops over time and through lived situations, not through one-time instruction.

This page is declarative and does not assign authority, offices, or roles.

Principle

Learning is ongoing and contextual.

Meaning

• Learning does not end with age, status, or title.
• Law is understood through repeated engagement and experience.
• Context shapes how law is applied and understood.

Ongoing Learning

• Teaching and learning continue across generations.
• Knowledge deepens through time and responsibility.
• Experience refines understanding of law.

Context

• Law is learned within specific situations and relationships.
• Story, participation, and correction provide context.
• Abstract instruction without context is incomplete.

Responsibility

• Learners are responsible for continued attention and growth.
• Teachers remain accountable for guidance over time.
• Shared learning strengthens legal continuity.

Limits

• Memorization alone does not constitute learning.
• Formal instruction without lived practice is insufficient.
• Claims of full knowledge undermine humility and balance.

Cross References

• Forms of Teaching
• Deliberate Teaching of Ayaawx and Adaawx
• Transmission of Law
• Youth and the Future Line
• Continuity and Transmission
• The Future Line
• Elders as Legal Memory
• Ayaawx
• Adaawx

To Be Developed

• Examples of contextual learning
• Life-stage considerations
• House-based learning practices
• Source citations