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In order for learning to be effective, all four of these approaches must be integrated.
As individuals attempt to use all four approaches, they are likely to develop strengths in one
experience-grasping approach and one experience-transforming approach.
The resulting learning styles are combinations of the individual's preferred approaches.
1. Converger;
2. Diverger;
3. Assimilator;
4. Accommodator;
Convergers are characterized by abstract conceptualization and active experimentation.
They are good at making practical applications of ideas and using deductive reasoning to
solve problems.
Divergers tend toward concrete experience and reflective observation. They are imaginative
and are good at coming up with ideas and seeing things from different perspectives.
Accommodators use concrete experience and active experimentation. They are good at
actively engaging with the world and actually doing things instead of merely reading about
and studying them.
4 Stages of Learning
Conscious incompetence: Individual recognizes the deficit and value of the new skill.
Unconscious competence: the skill becomes natural and can be performed easily.
Learning Curve
A learning curve is a graphical representation of the changing rate of learning in the average person
for a given activity.
The learning curve also represents at a glance the initial difficulty of learning something and how
much there is to learn after initial experience.
Different Learning Theories
Behaviourist Approach:
Behaviourism assumes, when born our mind is a blank slate and afterwards our mind is
shaped through punishment, positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement from our
environment.
According to this theory there is little difference in the learning process of humans and
other animals. Therefore same research can be carried out on animal as well as humans.
The cognitive concept assumes that our mind is an information processing system like the
computer and how we see the world depends on our mental processes such as pattern
recognition, perception, problem-solving and mental imagery.
Here, knowledge is seen as a symbolic mental construction and learning is recognized via
change in learners plan.
According to social learning theory, people learn from each other via observation, imitation
and modelling.
1. Attention in order for an individual to learn something, they must pay attention to the
features of the modelled behaviour.
Since this theory encompasses attention, memory and motivation it can be viewed as a
bridge between behaviourist and cognitive learning.