UNIT II

THE PRINCIPLES OF
LEARNING (Horne and Pine)

Presented by : Maribeth Virtusio Abarcar

 GROUP 1

Shermaine Chris Jeorgia

May Mabeth
Objectives
1. To discover the advantages of
these principles of learning in
facilitating the attainment of
instructional objectives.
Focus on Questions :

• WHAT IS MEANT BY LEARNING?

• WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF
LEARNING?
• WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF
THESE PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
TO TEACHING?
PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
• 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. (Horne and Pine)
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.
• Learning has to do with something which
happens in the unique world of the learner.
• It flourishes in a situation in which teaching
is seen as a facilitating process that assists
people to explore and discover the personal
meaning of events for them.
2. LEARNING IS THE DISCOVERY OF
THE PERSONAL MEANING AND
RELEVANCE OF IDEANS
• 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 goals they would like to
formulate, what issues they would like to
discuss and what content they would like to
learn.
3. LEARNING (BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE)
IS A CONSEQUENCE OF EXPERIENCE
• People become responsible when they have
really assumed responsibility, they become
independent behaviour, 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 AN EVOLUTIONARY
PROCESS
6. LEARNING IS SOMETIMES A PAINFUL
PROCESS.
• 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.
7. ONE OF THE RICHEST RESOURCES FOR
LEARNING IS THE LEARNER HIMSELF.
• As a teacher, you must draw these learners’
ideas, feelings and experiences.
8. THE PROCESS OF LEARNING IS
EMOTIONAL AS WELL AS INTELLECTUAL
• Learning is affected by the total state of the
individual. People are feelings beings as well
as thinking beings and when their feelings
and thoughts are in harmony, learning is
maximized. As teachers, let us appeal to our
students’ intellect as well as to their emotions.
9. THE PROCESS OF PROBLEM SOLVING AND
LEARNING ARE HIGHLY UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL
• It pays to allow students to learn in accordance with
their unique learning styles and multiple intelligences.
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 EXERCISE
• Things most often repeated are
best remembered .

• Students do not learn complex

tasks in a singles session.
LAW OF READINESS
• Individual 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 the very beginning”.
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

• 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.
 THANK YOU!

GOD IS GOOD, ALL THE TIME.