PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING

1. Learning is an experience which occurs inside

the learner and is activated by the learner.

-- The process of learning is primarily controlled by the

learner and not by the teacher (group leader). Changes
in perception and behavior are mere products of human
meaning perceiving rather than any forces exerted upon
the individual.

** No one directly teaches anything of significance.

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2. Learning is the discovery of the personal

meaning and relevance of ideas.
-- Students more readily internalize and implement
concepts and ideas which are relevant to their needs
and problems. Learning is a process which requires the
exploration of ideas in relation to self and community so
that people can determine what their needs are, what
would like to discuss, and what content they would like
to learn.
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3. Learning (behavioral change) is a

consequence of experience.
--People become responsible when they really assume
responsibility, they become independent when they
have experienced independent behavior, they become
able when they experienced success, they begin to feel
important when they are important to somebody, they
feel liked when someone likes them.
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4. Learning is cooperative and collaborative process.

Cooperation fosters learning.

-- Two heads are better than one. People enjoy functioning

independently but they also enjoy interdependently. The interactive
process appears to ‘scratch and kick’ people’s curiosity, potential
and creativity.
-- Cooperative approach is enabling. Through such approaches people
learn to define goals, to plan to interact and to try group
arrangements in problem solving.

** Teacher should make use more of cooperative and collaborative

approaches. This way, students are taight to live together and learn
interdependently
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5. Leaning is evolutionary process.

-- Behavioral change requires times and patience. Implicit in all

the principles and conditions for learning is an evolutionary
model of learning> Learning situations characterized by free
and open communication, confrontation, acceptance,
respect, the right to make mistakes, self-revelation,
cooperation and collaboration, shared evaluation, active and
personal involvement, freedom from threat, and trust in the
self are evolutionary in nature.

** Change take time. Let us not expect results overnight.

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6. Learning is sometimes a painful process.

-- Behavioral change often calls for giving up the old and

comfortable ways of believing, thinking and valuing. It is not
easy to discard familiar ways of doing things and incorporate
new behavior. However, the pain of breaking away from the
old and comfortable is usually followed by appreciation and
pleasure in the discovery of an evolving idea of a changing
self.

** It may be good to make our students realize that learning is a

difficult task. It is accompanied by sacrifice, inconvenience
and discomfort. But it leads to inner joy..
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7. One of the richest resources for learning is the

learner himself.

-- In a day and age when so much emphasis is being

placed upon instructional media, books, and speakers
as resources for learning, we tend to overlook perhaps
the richest source of all – the learner himself.

** As a teacher, you must draw these learners’ ideas,

feelings, and experiences. You midwife the birth of
ideas.
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8. The process of learning is emotional as well as

intellectual.
-- Learning is affected by the total state of the individual.
People are feeling beings as well as thinking beings and
their feelings and thoughts are in harmony, learning is
maximized. To create the optimal conditions in a group
for learning to occur, people must come before purpose.

** As a teachers, let us appeal to our students’ intellect as

well as to their emotions.
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9. The process of problem solving and learning is

highly unique and individual
-- Each person has his own unique styles of learning and
solving problems. Some personal styles of learning and
problem solving are highly effective, other styles are not
as effective, and still others maybe ineffective. We need
assist people to define and to make explicit to themselves
the approaches they ordinarily use so that they can
become more effective in problem solving and learning.

** It pays to allow students to learn in accordance with their

unique learning styles and multiple intelligences
LAWS OF LEARNING by Thorndike

Law of Effect
 Learning is strengthened when
accompanied by a pleasant or satisfying
feeling
 Learning is weakened when associated
with unpleasant feeling
 Learning takes places properly when it
results in satisfaction and the learner
derives pleasure out of it.
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Law of Exercise
 Things most often repeated are best
remembered
 Students do not learn complex tasks in
a single session
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Law of Readiness

Individuals learn best when they are

physically, mentally, and emotionally
ready to learn, and they do not learn
well it they see no reason for learning.
LAWS OF LEARNING (Additional Principles)

Law of Primacy

 Things learned first create a string

impression
 What is taught must be right for the
first time
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Law of Recency
Things most recently learned are best
remembered
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Law of Intensity
The more intense the material taught, the
most it is likely learned.
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Law of Freedom

 Things 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