Principles Of Learning

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Introduction The teacher is responsible for guiding students through their learning process. This interactive instructional relationship between teacher and student causes the student to become self-willed, self confident and determined to seek answers and solutions. Critical, constructive, creative and innovative thinking will be enhanced. In order for these qualities to be achieved certain principles must be applied, firstly giving direct regard for all learners. The foundations of these principles are proper curriculum planning, proper curriculum delivery, essential learning standards, and assessment. In order to be effective they must also be accompanied by various learning resources. The learning environment…show more content…
These principles when applied to the learning process produces increased results. This is so since there are many factors which influence how a person learns and what they learn. These factors may be apprehended via the relevant principles of learning. The principles of learning include being prepared to learn, freedom of choice of learning method, repetition and practice, and effect or reward. Preparedness or Readiness to learn is a major learning principle. Learners need to know what level they are currently at, where they are going, and have a sense of progress towards their goals. Students enter school with prior knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes which the acquired in other educational facilities and through daily life. As students bring this knowledge into the classrooms, it influences how they fit in and understand what they are being taught. If students’ prior knowledge is strong, accurate, and started at the appropriate time in the student’s life, it provides a strong foundation for addition of new knowledge. However, when knowledge is not increasing, not enough for the task, started inappropriately, or inaccurate, it can interfere with new…show more content…
This strategy will be successful in children and in adults. Interesting visual aids, such as booklets, posters, or practice equipment, motivate learners by capturing their attention and curiosity. 2. Incentives motivate learning. Incentives include privileges and receiving praise from the instructor. The instructor determines an incentive that is likely to motivate an individual at a particular time. In a general learning situation, self-motivation without rewards will not succeed. Students must find satisfaction in learning based on the understanding that the goals are useful to them or, less commonly, based on the pure enjoyment of exploring new things. 3. Internal motivation is longer lasting and more self-directive than is external motivation, which must be repeatedly reinforced by praise or concrete rewards. Some individuals -- particularly children of certain ages and some adults -- have little capacity for internal motivation and must be guided and reinforced constantly. The use of incentives is based on the principle that learning occurs more effectively when the student experiences feelings of satisfaction. Caution should be exercised in using external rewards when they are not absolutely necessary. Their use may be followed by a decline in internal
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