Dynamics of Learning

What is Learning?

The process by which an individual through his/her involvement in the learning activities acquires new experience which subsequently change his/her behavior and improve adaptation to his/her environment.

What is Learning?
Learning has been defined as any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about through experience. It is through experience and learning, that one learns attitudes, fears, skills, concept formation and problem solving. Learning also plays an important role in the development of ones personality.

Definition of Terms
Process -series of activities or events leading to some results.
(Webster Dictionary)

Example: 1. Learning to drive 2. Learning addition

3. Learning to cook

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Definition of Terms
Involvement being physically, mentally and emotionally active

Definition of Terms
Acquisition of New Experiences

New
Facts/ideas/information/knowledge

Skills
Feelings

Definition of Terms
Change in behavior Expected behavioral changes in terms of: 1.Knowledge or things known (Cognitive aspect)

2.Skills or things done (Psychomotor aspect)

3.Feelings or things felt (Affective aspect)

Definition of Terms
Adaptation to environment increase ability to: 1. Fit-in 2. Adjust 3. Work with Situation

Learning Based on Stimulus-Response (S-R) Relationship

Learning is the process which results to the change in the existing S-R relationship to a new S-R relationship. (Berlo, Process of
Communication)

Stimulus
STIMULUS is an object or situation that excites one of our sense organs
Example: A light is a stimulus because it excites one of our sense organs

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Stimulus and Response

Stimulus is a noticeable event or object; it is the thing that starts or elicits it while Response is the thing that ends it. A stimulus elicits and a response is elicited.

Classical Conditioning
In the act of classical conditioning, the learner comes to respond to stimuli other than the one originally calling for the response. (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

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Example: Teaching po and opo

Situation 1: No change in stimulus but
change in response

Situation 2: Change in stimulus but no

change in response

Example 2: Teaching farmers to use insecticides

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Learning occurs when a new stimulus begins to elicit behavior similar to that originally produced by an old stimulus.