Learning

• Is the process by which the

skills, knowledge, attitudes and
behaviour are formed and
developed
• It takes place as a result of
education, training, socialization
and experience
• Individual is persuaded to adopt,
accept, guidance, regulation,
conformity and compliance in
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• Behaviourist Learning/
Stimulus-Response Theory:
people learn and repeat behaviour
that has positive and favourable
consequences and avoid that
which has negative and
undesirable consequences
• Cognitive Learning: learning on
account of individual personality,
perception and motivation which
also recognizes
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 Ability of Learn depends
upon
• Desire and motivation to learn
• Expectation that will bring success,
rewards, expertise, esteem, respect,
status etc
• Quality and sustainability of learning
and teaching methods
• Pressures to learn placed on
individual by others to enable to
acquire knowledge, skills, qualities
etc
• Specific drives and requirements
such as
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particular occupations,
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initiative in their fields
 Learning Styles I concentrate on
ACTIVIST why things are as
I concentrate on they are and
learning by investigate theories
doing and via and concepts that
direct form background of
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REFLECTO
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