M.A. (Education) SEM III D.Y. PATIL SCHOOL OF EDUCATION NAVI MUMBAI.Topic: LEARNING

By: Vinita A.Shrouty

CONCEPT• Learning situation are most natural and common in life and

everyone of us is learning one thing or the other, although he may not necessarily aware of it. An individual starts learning immediately after his birth.

The behavior of an individual is changed through direct or indirect experiences. This change in behavior brought about by experience is commonly known as learning.

Process Of LearningMr. Smith- “The learning process involves a motive or drive, an attractive goal and a block to the attainment of goal. All these are essential.”

Steps in Process of Learning 1) Motive or Drive- Motives are the dynamic force that energize behavior and compel the child to act. Every individual has to take care of the satisfaction of his needs. As long as our present behavior, knowledge, skill and performance are adequate to satisfy our needs, we do not feel any necessity to change our behavior or acquire new knowledge and skills. It is this requirement which initiates to learn something.2) Goals - Motives and needs of the learner demand their satisfaction. For this purpose he has to set definite goals and aims for achievement. Definiteness of the aim and setting of the goals helps in making the learning purposeful and interesting. The goal attracts us to learn.3) Obstacle/barrier/block – It is in terms of some obstacles or barrier that keeps us from attaining goal. If we face no difficulty of any kind in attaining goal , we need not bring any change in our present behavior., stock of knowledge and skills. This means that we have no necessity to learn.

CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNING1. Learning is the change in behavior.2. Learning is a continuous life long process.3. Learning is a universal process.4. Learning is purposive and goal directed.5. Learning involves reconstruction of experiences.6. Learning is the product of active responding to the stimuli in teaching learning

environment.7. Learning is transferable from one situation to another.8. Learning does not necessarily imply improvement.9. Learning does not necessarily imply the development in right direction.10. Learning helps in bringing desirable changes in behavior.11. Learning helps in the attainment of teaching learning objectives.12. Learning helps in proper growth and development.13. Learning helps in all round development of personality.

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