Teachable moment

A teachable moment, in education, is the time at which learning a particular topic or idea becomes possible or easiest.My hope is, is that as a consequence of this event this ends up being what's called a 'teachable moment', where all of us instead of pumping up the volume spend a little more time listening to each other and try to focus on how we can generally improve relations between police officers and minority communities, and that instead of flinging accusations we can all be a little more reflective in terms of what we can do to contribute to more unity.' A teachable moment, in education, is the time at which learning a particular topic or idea becomes possible or easiest. The concept was popularized by Robert Havighurst in his 1952 book, Human Development and Education. In the context of education theory, Havighurst explained, The concept pre-dates Havighurst's book, as does use of the phrase, but he is credited with popularizing it. The phrase sometimes denotes not a developmental stage, but rather 'that moment when a unique, high interest situation arises that lends itself to discussion of a particular topic.' It implies 'personal engagement' with issues and problems.