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Essay on Learning Theory
Learning has always been a major area of attention for many researchers interested in understanding the process of learning and its implications for educators and more recently trainers in selecting appropriate pedagogical methods in order to improve classroom instruction.
Learning's one of the most important individual processes that occurs in organizations, higher education, and training programs. For purposes of this book, learning is defined as a relatively permanent change in an attitude or behavior that occurs as a result of repeated experience.
Whether learning takes place in an institution of higher education or in a private, public, or not-for-profit organization, participants (that is, students or trainees) are expected to learn and apply their learning. Instructors and trainers can benefit from understanding and applying certain principles of learning when designing and implementing their learning or training programs. Because neglect or misapplication of principles of learning could easily result in educational endeavors that fail to achieve results, it is important that instructors and trainers become familiar with principles of learning and the basics of adult learning theory.
Knowles ( 1984) says that adults will learn "no matter what." Learning is as natural as rest or play. With or without books, visual aids, inspiring trainers, or classrooms, adults will manage to learn. Human resource management specialists can, however, make a difference in what people learn and in how well they learn it. If adults (and, many believe, children as well) know why they are learning, and if the reason fits their needs as they perceive them (the "so what?"), they will learn quickly and deeply.
A generally accepted assumption is that whatever we do in the classroom results from our understanding regarding the nature of children and how they learn. Formally, this assumption is referred to as a theory of learning.
The specific learning theories that his paper will address are Constructivism, Brain-based Learning, Multiple Intelligences, and Learning Styles Theory..........
