Taking Two Examples of Learning from Your Own Life Experience – One You Would Call a ‘Good’ Learning Experience, One You Would Call a ‘Bad’ Learning Experience – Describe Them and Then Explain the Differences in the

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Taking two examples of learning from your own life experience – one you would call a ‘good’ learning experience, one you would call a ‘bad’ learning experience – describe them and then explain the differences in the experiences with reference to theories about learning. Can you draw any conclusions from your reflection and reading about the nature of effective learning experiences? As a student, the vast majority of my life has been devoted to learning. There have been many learning techniques present in my life, some effective; some unfortunately have failed to be. Succeeding in these learning experiences has come down to my individual devotion, motivation and desire to succeed, with the assist of learning aids, from teachers to peers and sometimes the environment. A good example of a successful learning technique I used was when I learnt to swim. Learning to swim was an incredibly difficult task as seeing my friends and peers swim so successfully all around me when I was unable to do so was hard to endure. This was extremely disheartening, which as a result was the main drive in my motivation to not only learn how to swim, but also surpass my friends and teach others in my same predicament. A technique I used was learning by imitating those around me. This learning style was expressed in the work by Albert Bandura (Franzoi, 2010); he claimed learning takes place through observation and through this, cognitive learning takes place. By seeing existing examples of swimming techniques, it made the idea of swimming a lot less frightening and something more achievable. By seeing others swim I developed the theory that if those around me could swim, why couldn’t I? This question remained engraved in my mind, and through this I developed the motivation and courage to never give up and strive towards my goal. Therefore, I used this technique of observing

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