After this course, I have learned that learning is inherently active rather than passive. As educators are trained to know, educational psychology emphasizes that students must be actively engaged and connected to what we teach in order to understand it and retain it. Constructivism is one of the basic schools in the field, which holds that learners create their own understanding based on experience rather than having the teacher simply teach them. Piaget claims that students learn best when they make direct sense of the world around them. In a similar way, Kolb’s learning theory states experiential learning is based on a cycle of experience, reflection, and application, emphasizing the importance of active participation. We get knowledge through meaningful experiences with them, and we reflect upon those experiences. Motivation is not only one of the most important factors but also crucial for the learning process. The Self-Determination Theory proposes that students are motivated to learn if their autonomy, competence, and relatedness needs are met. Independence gives students the autonomy to learn in a self-directed way; competence helps create a sense of capability; relatedness links students with others. Moreover, Bandura’s self-efficacy theory proposes that students are more likely to succeed when they believe they are capable. There are practical tasks they can do that give them concrete opportunities to succeed, thereby developing their confidence and willingness to take on challenges. Together, these theories support the view that active and meaningful learning experiences are fundamental to student achievement (an aim in the classroom, specifically in agriculture).