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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Activity 1. What is learning?

Dear one and all,

There are different theorist whose views on learning depend on their own thoughts and life experiences as a result, I believe that learning is a permanent change in behavoiur based on experiences that allow the acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes.

In order for learning to occur there are many things that educators need to take into consideration. To mention just a few: students individual differences; mental processes, physical faculties, learning styles, motivation, values and beliefs, inter and intra-personal communication skills, personal experiences, previous knowledge and socio-economic background.

Therefore, it is important that the process of teaching and learning is based on responsibility, respect, trust, confidence in self and others, humility, affection and knowledge of the content and the how to apply it, and why it is important.

The self activities made me realize how much I know about how I learn, and still how much I need to know about learning and learners.

Just to give an example, doing this activity was a learning experience for me.
It showed clearly that everyone thinks, reasons, and perceive things based on their experience no matter if they are given the same information to read. As a result, it is really the way we incoorperate what we have observed, imitated, made connections with, memorized or inquired about that change us as individuals, and determines if we have learned anything.

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