What is learning?
Different interpretations of what "learning" means. All are "true", but the table may be seen as a becoming of higher "quality" down the page. Most people experience all facets - the issue is what dominates.....
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Acquisition of knowledge
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A vague quantitative conception of learning as involving “knowing a lot” |
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Memorising
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Storage of information for subsequent reproduction |
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Utilisation of knowledge
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Dawning realisation that learning may involve more than memorising facts, recognition that knowledge and skills can be useful in the real world |
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Abstraction of meaning
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Recognises that learning involves insights into relationships within subject matter and between subject matter and the reality |
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Interpretative understanding
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Learning seen as a means of understanding the world around us by reinterpreting knowledge |
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Self-actualisation
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Learning as personal growth and development |
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