What did we learn then?

Today, we had the privilege of listening to our colleages do their presentations in class on the various articles. It was enlightening and an enriching time to hear the work done by the various researchers.
What our group realised was that we must totally wasted our time in our first module on Educational Inquiry I. We agreed that our tutor probably did not provide the conducive learning environment nor provide the necessary teacher support to help us learn. He wanted us to work smart, but never really taught us to learn smart. And I think this has affected our performance somewhat in a module such as MED858. There are so many terms which sound familiar as we did our literature reviews, but are still unfamiliar in understanding. We have such poor foundations which means that we will have to do a lot more to catch up in future... Or is it a problem that we were expecting to be spoon-fed?
In another way, maybe it is for the better that we are forced to learn on our own since when learning is difficult, we are forced to process and learn in the process (Sternberg). So what did I learn today? As teachers, we need to find a balance between providing sufficient teacher support in the learning environment while encouraging independent learning.