Of course, mere rote learning will not suffice.
Francis Wayland Parker (1837-1902), who abolished learning lessons by rote, and introduced Froebelian principles.
Nothing is taken for granted and rote memory work should be at a minimum.
Any practice work I've ever seen was done by rote.
This does not apply to formulae got by rote, which are stages on the road to nowhere but second childhood and the grave.
