Theories of Learning PDF

THEORIES OF LEARNING ​​ TedPaths 1-22 SUBJECT CODE: TPROFED03​ PROFESSOR: ​Cristina A. Ocampo ​ NATURE OF LEARNING 4.​ Social and collabo...

THEORIES OF LEARNING ​​ TedPaths 1-22 SUBJECT CODE: TPROFED03​ PROFESSOR: ​Cristina A. Ocampo ​ NATURE OF LEARNING 4.​ Social and collaborative - it I. What is LEARNING? occurs in social settings, where learners collaborate, share ideas, ​ It is the process of acquiring new and learn from one another. knowledge or skills through 5.​ Cognitive and emotional - experience, study, and being taught. involves both cognitive processes ​ Retaining the knowledge and such as thinking, memory, skills that you gained. problem-solving and emotional responses like motivation, interest, II. NATURE OF LEARNING and attitudes. 6.​ Personalized - emphasizes ​ process in which individuals flexibility, choice, and support, acquire, modify, or reinforce knowledge, behaviors, skills, allowing learners to take ownership and values; of their learning experiences while ​ an ongoing, dynamic activity ensuring they receive the guidance that occurs consciously or and resources needed to succeed. unconsciously and takes place in various contexts such as education, PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING daily life, or work environments; and 1.​ Readiness / preparedness ​ not limited to formal -​ Learners are more likely to instruction, but also informal engage in the learning which occurs through process when they are experiences, interactions, and mentally, emotionally, and observations. physically ready. -​ It emphasizes that learners must have the foundational CONCEPTS OF LEARNING knowledge or skills needed 1.​ An active process - it involves before they can acquire active engagement with the more complex information. material. Learners process, 2.​ Practice / exercise interpret, and apply new -​ Strengthen learning. This knowledge. principle is based on the idea that practice makes 2.​ Dynamic and ongoing - it does perfect. Learners need time not stop once formal education to practice to become ends. proficient at a task 3.​ Contextualized and -​ The more frequently a constructive - learners utilized learner engages with a skill what they learned to the or concept, the more likely they are to retain and environment, culture, and master it. experiences. Learners build upon 3.​ Relevance / connections their existing knowledge and -​ Learners are more engaged experiences, constructing new when they can see how understandings what they are learning THEORIES OF LEARNING ​​ TedPaths 1-22 applies to real-world situations. -​ This principle is rooted in the idea that people form 7.​ Motivation associations between new -​ This principle is a key driver knowledge and existing in the learning process. experiences, making the Learners are more likely to new information more engage in learning activities relatable and easier to and persist in challenging understand tasks when they are 4.​ Feedback motivated, either -​ Allows learners meet intrinsically (for personal performance criteria satisfaction) or extrinsically -​ Helps learners understand (for rewards or recognition). what they have learned 8.​ Individual Differences correctly and where they -​ Individuals learn in different may need improvement. ways, and their individual -​ Positive feedback reinforces characteristics, such as learning, while constructive background knowledge, feedback guides learning styles, cognitive improvement. Learning is abilities, interests, and prior strengthened when it is experiences, influence how followed by positive they learn. Recognizing and reinforcement or reward addressing these differences and weakened by negative enhances learning reinforcement or outcomes. punishment. Positive 9.​ Self-reflection outcomes make learners -​ Students can evaluate their more likely to repeat the own learning and behavior, while negative performance. outcomes discourage -​ This principle helps learners repetition. become more conscious of 5.​ Transfer of learning their strengths, areas for -​ This principle suggests that improvement, and learning skills or knowledge gained preferences, which in one area can be applied ultimately leads to more to solve problems in effective and meaningful different areas. learning experiences. -​ They can apply what they 10.​Collaboration / Social learn to new situations. Interaction 6.​ Learning by Doing -​ Social learning, through -​ Learning is most effective collaboration with others, when it is hands-on and fosters deeper involves active participation. understanding. Interactions This principle suggests that with peers and instructors learners engage more can facilitate discussion, deeply when they are provide different directly involved in the perspectives, and enhance process of learning rather problem-solving skills. than passively receiving information.