https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne

He lived during the renaissance .... take not of the way he was raised and his views on education:

Soon after his birth, Montaigne was brought to a small cottage, where he lived the first three years of life in the sole company of a peasant family in order to, according to the elder Montaigne, "draw the boy close to the people, and to the life conditions of the people, who need our help

He believed that a tutor should be in dialogue with the student, letting the student speak first. The tutor also should allow for discussions and debates to be had. Such a dialogue was intended to create an environment in which students would teach themselves. They would be able to realize their mistakes and make corrections to them as necessary.

Individualized learning was integral to his theory of child education. He argued that the student combines information already known with what is learned and forms a unique perspective on the newly learned information.[42]: 356  Montaigne also thought that tutors should encourage the natural curiosity of students and allow them to question things.[40]: 68 He postulated that successful students were those who were encouraged to question new information and study it for themselves, rather than simply accepting what they had heard from the authorities on any given topic. Montaigne believed that a child's curiosity could serve as an important teaching tool when the child is allowed to explore the things that the child is curious about.

Experience also was a key element to learning for Montaigne. Tutors needed to teach students through experience rather than through the mere memorization of information often practised in book learning.[40]: 62 : 67** He argued that students would become passive adults, blindly obeying and lacking the ability to think on their own.[42]: 354  Nothing of importance would be retained and no abilities would be learned**.[40]: 62  He believed that learning through experience was superior to learning through the use of books.[41] For this reason he encouraged tutors to educate their students through practice, travel, and human interaction. In doing so, he argued that students would become active learners, who could claim knowledge for themselves