UNIT II

‘’ The PRINCIPLESof LEARNING’’

Prepared by:Allain
• WHAT IS MEANT BY
LEARNING?

• HOW and WHEN

CAN WE SAY THAT
SOMEONE has
LEARNED?
‘’IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO
LEARN, NO ONE CAN HELP
YOU.

IF YOU ARE WILLING TO LEARN,

NO ONE CAN STOP YOU’’.
-th?NK
PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
From Horne and Pine
(1990)

• The principles of learning provide

additional insight into what makes people
learn most effectively. The principles have
been discovered, tested, and used in
practical situations.
• By knowing some principles on how
learning takes place, we will be guided
on how to teach.
1. LEARNING IS AN EXPERIENCE WHICH
OCCURS INSIDE THE LEARNER AND IS
ACTIVATED BY THE LEARNER.
 NO ONE DIRECTLY TEACHES ANYONE
ANYTHING of SIGNIFICANCE…

‘’People LEARN
what they
WANT to
LEARN,
they SEE what
they WANT to
SEE,
and HEAR what
they WANT to
HEAR’’.
2. LEARNING IS THE DISCOVERY OF THE
PERSONAL MEANING AND RELEVANCE
OF IDEAS
.
 3. LEARNING (BEHAVIORAL CHANGE) IS
A CONSEQUENCE OF EXPERIENCE.

• People become responsible when they

have really assumed responsibility,
they become independent when they
have experienced independent
behavior, they become able when they
have experienced success, they begin
to feel important when they are
important to somebody, they feel like
someone likes them.
4. LEARNING IS A COOPERATIVE AND
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
COOPERATION FOSTERS LEARNING.
5. LEARNING IS A EVOLUTIONARY
PROCESS.
6. LEARNING IS SOMETIMES A
PAINFUL PROCESS
7. ONE OF THE RICHEST
RESOURCES OF LEARNING IS
THE LEARNER HIMSELF.
8. THE PROCESS OF LEARNING IS
EMOTIONALAS WELL AS
INTELLECTUAL.
9. THE PROCESS OF PROBLEM
SOLVING AND LEARNING ARE
HIGHLY UNIQUE AND
INDIVIDUAL.
‘’LEARNING WITHOUT THOUGH
IS A SNARE, THOUGHT
WITHOUT LEARNING IS A
DANGER’’
 LAWS OF LEARNING
By Thorndike (1932)

LAW OF EFFECT Learning is

strengthened when accompanied by a
pleasant or satisfying feeling.
Learning is weakened when associated
with an unpleasant feeling.
Learning takes place properly when it
results in satisfaction and the learner
derives pleasure out of it.
 LAW OF EXERCICE

Things most often repeated are best

remembered.
Students do not learn complex tasks
in a singles session.
 LAW OF READINESS
Individuals learn best when they are
physically, mentally and emotionally
ready to learn, and they do not learn
well if they see no reason for
learning
 LAW OF PRIMACY

Things learned first create a strong

impression.
‘’What is TAUGHT must be RIGHT the FIRST
TIME’’.

To know the importance of ‘’Teaching what

is Right in thevery beginning‘’
Click the Link below and Watch this Video…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXjE68 -
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 LAW OF RECENCY

Things most recently learned are

best remembered.
 LAW OF INTENSITY

The more intense the material taught,

the more it is likely learned.
 LAW OF FREEDOM

Thing freely learned are best

learned.
The greater the freedom enjoyed
by the students in the class, the
greater the intellectual and moral
advancement enjoyed by them.
‘’ANYONE WHO DARES TO
TEACH, MUST NEVER CEASE
TO LEARN’’

~th?NK