Definition of Learning

Learning a tendency to prefer, support, or be interested in a particular idea or activity.

leaning (toward(s) something) is a feeling that makes people tend to prefer something or
to believe in particular ideas, opinions, etc.
LEARNING
Learning is a life-long process and attitude that we tend to develop and nurture. A lot of
us want to learn new things and acquire great new skills, but often we lack the motivation
to do so.
We Spend a lot of Time trying to learn. Some questions arise as
• Why are people so unmotivated to learn something that would benefit in the long-
run?
• Why would people think about it for years but then do nothing about it?
• How would people even approach a grandiose topic like learning music or a
language?
Learning process
There are six interactive components of the learning process:
• attention,
• memory,
• language,
• processing and organizing,
• graph motor (writing)
• and higher order thinking.
These processes interact not only with each other, but also with emotions, classroom climate,
behavior, social skills, teachers and family.
Major and foremost barrier of learning
The issue comes as we are going to learn something new right now but we don't actually like the
idea of learning something new and there's an actual reason for that. This odd happens as When
we learn something new it actually adds a bit of stress to our mind.
It's the same area in our brain that activates pain and that goes off.
Taking some time to learn something can give us anxiety
Because why would we want to do the equivalent of hurting myself?It sounds so easy and
simple. Still it is very difficult to address.
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Basic Solution
Lets start doing it. And that almost sounds too simple, but it's really important that we learn how
to take initiative. It's important because we can fear doing something all day or for several days
because we keep thinking "Well I just need to find the right mood for it and then I'll actually do
it." but really we just need to start doing it because no one else can do that for us.
 Basic types of Learners
1. Visual learners: Someone with a preference for visual learning is partial to seeing and
observing things, including pictures, diagrams, written directions and more.
2. Auditory learners: Auditory learners tend to learn better when the subject matter is
reinforced by sound. These types of learners prefer reading out loud to themselves. They
aren’t afraid to speak up in class and are great at verbally explaining things.
3. Kinesthetic learners: Kinesthetic learners, sometimes called tactile learners, learn
through experiencing or doing things. They like to get involved by acting out events or
using their hands to touch and handle in order to understand concepts
4. Reading/writing learners: reading/writing learners prefer to learn through written
words. hese types of learners are drawn to expression through writing, reading articles or
books, writing in diaries, looking up words in the dictionary and searching the internet for
just about everything.
Requirement for effective learning
To design an effective adult learning experience, we need to:
1. understand the learner’s context (past, present and future);
2. establish and respond to the learner’s existing level of knowledge; and
3. provide adequate and appropriate practice over time.
Barriers to effective Learning
1. The effects of aging, such as loss of vision and hearing, tend to affect the capacity for
learning of those adults who participate in formal adult education. Unfortunately most
institutions do not take into consideration the physical differences of adult learners.
2. Changes in health and certain life events which indirectly influence adult’s ability to learn.
For example Pain and fatigue often accompany both acute and chronic illnesses, leaving
adults with little energy or motivation to engage in learning activities.
3. Role characteristics and their impact on adult learning, such as changes in nuclear family
roles (like marrying and having children), changes in other family roles (such as death of a
parent) and changes in work roles.
4. Motivation factors, for example, being forced to attend career-
related workshops or conferences for job security.
Ways to improve learning
• Involving learners in mutual planning of methods and curricular directions;
• involving participants in diagnosing their own learning needs;
• encouraging learners to formulate their own learning objectives;
• encouraging learners to identify resources and to devise strategies for using such resources to
accomplish their objectives;
• helping learners to carry out their learning plans; and
• involving learners in evaluating their learning
Thank you
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