Table of Contents
- 1 What does the nature of the learning process imply to learners or students?
- 2 Why is it important for the teachers to know the nature of their learners?
- 3 What are the implications of principles of learning to teaching?
- 4 Why is it important to understand the nature of learning?
- 5 What are the implications of individual differences to teaching and learning process?
- 6 What are the two teaching and learning methods?
- 7 Why do learners have different learning experiences?
What does the nature of the learning process imply to learners or students?
Learning is an active, social process Social constructivist scholars view learning as an active process where learners should learn to discover principles, concepts and facts for themselves, hence the importance of encouraging guesswork and intuitive thinking in learners.
Why is it important for the teachers to know the nature of their learners?
Teachers understand how their students develop and learn, but understand that their mission goes beyond students’ cognitive development. They treat students equitably. They understand how knowledge in their subject is created, organized, and linked to other subjects.
What is meant by the nature of the learner?
The Nature of the Learner – The learner is an embodied spirit. He is the union of sentient body and a rational soul. His body experiences sensations and feels pleasure and pain. His soul is the principle of spiritual acts, the source of intellectual abstraction, self-reflection, and free rational volition.
What is implications for teaching?
When questioning in the classroom focuses on enabling student learning teachers deliberately prepare, manage and respond to students’ responses. This ensures that teachers can take advantage of opportunities in lesson to consolidate students’ understanding.
What are the implications of principles of learning to teaching?
Implications For Teaching
- Learning must make sense to the learner.
- Progress must be constantly appraised and redirected.
- Purpose must be kept in sharp focus; (objectives must be clear to the learner and teacher).
Why is it important to understand the nature of learning?
The learning sciences are a rich field of research that has helped us to better understand how we learn. Understanding the fundamentals of how we learn allows us to address more effectively the conditions in which successful learning can occur.
What are the implications of the principles of learning to teaching?
What is the importance of nature of learning?
Learning outside supports creativity and problem solving in children, enhances cognitive abilities, and improves academic performance. Studies in the US have shown strong progress in social studies, science, language arts, and math through nature based education programs.
What are the implications of individual differences to teaching and learning process?
The teacher can study individual differences and can help in development of abilities of the child up to the optimum level. Learning is most effective when differences in learner’s language, cultural, and social behavior are taken into account.
What are the two teaching and learning methods?
Presentation of debate Based on primary and traditional teaching methods division, two teaching and learning methods –instructional and debate- have been proposed. This division calls the teacher-centered and learner-centered teaching methods to mind.
What is the cultural nature of learning?
In previous chapters, we discussed the cultural nature of learning and the growing recognition that culture fundamentally shapes all aspects of learning, from the wiring of the brain to the way that communities and societies organize learning opportunities.
Why do students have to learn ‘incomplete’ conceptions?
It is only when students do this that can they progress in their understanding and we need to encourage them to do this both in formal teaching situations and in their independent learning. Students have to learn ‘incomplete’ conceptions in order to make more ‘complete’ conceptions accessible to them and be happy to move on.
Why do learners have different learning experiences?
Because learners share some experiences, knowledge, and goals but also bring unique perspectives, experiences, strengths, and skills, there will be variation in how learners engage with new tasks and demonstrate their learning (see Box 7-1 ).