Elements of Learning

Elements of Learning help the perspective teacher to enable students learning capabilities and overcome their learning problems. These elements enables the teacher to understand the bigger factors which are the barriers of reading and learning.

1. University of Haripur

2. 7997 BS-5 th Education Psychology Department Of Education Umair Akhtar

3. Elements of Learning

4. Content Learning and Model of Learning Learners’ Characteristics Four Stages of Learning (Robert Dubin) Learners’ approach to Learning Teaching Characteristics Teaching - Learning Process and Outcomes Classroom Context Effective Learning and Outcomes Teaching Learning Process for Effective Learning Learners’ Characteristics for effective learning Teaching characteristics for effective learning

5. What is Learning? A relative permanent change in behavior as a result of experience is called learning.

6. Model of Learning

7. Dennison and Kirk Model

8. This cycle highlights Activity in learning (Do) The need for reflection & evaluation (Review) The extraction of meaning from the review (Learn) The planned use of learning in future action (Apply). Learner who makes actively make sense of learning occasion Time is required for individual to make meaning and move forward

9. Learners’ Characteristics Not fixed Current State Previous Competence Previous Experience

10. Robert Dubin Four Stages of Learning

11. 1 st Stage Unconscious Incompetence "I don't know that I don't know how to do this." This is the stage of blissful ignorance before learning begins. Example: Using the example of learning to drive a car, as a child I first thought that all I needed to do was sit behind the wheel and steer and use the pedals. This was the happy stage of unconscious incompetence.

12. 2 nd Stage Conscious Incompetence "I know that I don't know how to do this, yet." This is the most difficult stage, where learning begins, and where the most judgments against self are formed. This is also the stage that most people give up. Example: When I began learning to drive, I realized there was a whole lot more to it, and I became a little daunted. This was the stage of conscious incompetence . There were so many different things to do and think about, literally hundreds of new behaviors to learn. In this stage I made lots of mistakes, along with judgments against myself for not already knowing how to do it.

13. 3 rd Stage Conscious Competence "I know that I know how to do this." This stage of learning is much easier than the second stage, but it is still a bit uncomfortable and self-conscious. Example: As I practiced, I moved into the third stage of learning, conscious competence. This felt a lot better, but still I wasn't very smooth or fluid in my driving. I often had to think about what to do next, and that felt awkward and uncomfortable.

14. 4 th Stage Unconscious Competence: "What, you say I did something well?" The final stage of learning a skill is when it has become a natural part of us; we don't have to think about it. Example: Finally, after enough practice, I got to the place where I didn't have to think about every little thing I was doing while driving. I thought about my driving only when something alerted me to it. I became unconsciously competent. Because of the ease and grace in unconscious competence, my driving became much safer.

15. Learner’s approach to learning A positive pattern: “learning orientation” A negative pattern: “performance orientation" Belief that effort leads to success Belief in one’s ability to improve and learn Preference for challenging tasks Personal satisfaction from success at difficult tasks Problem-solving and self-instructions when engaged in task Belief that ability leads to success Concern to be judged as able, to perform Satisfaction from doing better than others Emphasis on competition public evaluation Helplessness: evaluate self negatively when task is difficult

16. Teaching characteristics Characteristics of assessment and curriculum will create tension Teachers are faced with key tension Issues of responsibility Issues of focusing learning Issues of professional culture

17. Teaching - learning processes Bruner JS helping children learn by four models of “Folk Pedagogy” Learning by being shown Learning by being told Learning by constructive meaning Learning by joining a knowledge-generation community

18. Outcomes knowledge - of things, people, action skills - with things, ideas, people feelings and emotions: success, satisfaction ideas and strategies about learning affiliation to learning a sense of oneself, including self as a learner a sense of others and interacting with them a sense of membership of a community.

19. Classroom context Crowded, busy, public and sometimes unpredictable Teaching require a highly developed ability to manage Talk in classrooms Performance Interaction

20. What is effective learning? the knowledge base in society is increasing rapidly, and now doubles every 375 days. Teaching knowledge is an anachronism. a wider range of the population process and generate knowledge. Information is not the possession of a few “experts”. employment prospects relate more to the ability to enhance and transfer learning. The accumulation of qualifications is not enough. the landscape of learning is much wider and richer, involving multiple contexts, modes and sources. Learning is no longer the province of special institutions: it is a way of being.

21. Cont…. Learning is: - an activity of construction, - handled with (or in the context of) others, - driven by learner’s agency. Effective learning is all of these at their best, PLUS the monitoring and review of whether approaches and strategies are proving effective for the particular goals and context.

22. Outcomes of effective learning more connected knowledge wider range of strategies greater complexity of understanding enhanced action appropriate to goals and context increased engagement and self-direction more reflective approach more positive emotions and affiliation to learning more developed vision of future self as a learner greater facility in learning with others more sense of participation in a knowledge community

23. Teaching learning process for effective learning Active Learning Collaborative Learning Learner Responsibility Learning about learning Do Tasks are designed for learner activity, not teacher activity Tasks in small groups connect to create a larger whole (by roles or by parts) Learners exercise choice and plan their approach Learners are encouraged to notice aspects of their learning as they engage in tasks Review Learners stop to notice what happened, what was important, how it felt, etc. Learners bring ideas together and review how the group has operated Learners monitor their progress and review their plan Learners describe what they notice and review their learning (goals, strategies, feelings, outcomes, context) Learn New insights and understandings are made explicit Explanations of topic and of how the group functioned are voiced across the group Factors influencing progress are identified and new strategies devised Richer conceptions of learning are voiced and further reflective inquiry is encouraged Apply Future action is planned in light of new understanding. Transfer to other situations is examined Future possibilities for group and community learning are considered Plans are revised to accommodate recent learning Learners plan to notice more and to experiment with their approach to learning

24. Apply the content Review the content Learn the content

25. Learner characteristics for effective learning The definition of effective learning suggests that the effective learner: is active and strategic is skilled in cooperation, dialogue and creating knowledge with others is able to develop goals and plans monitors her/his own learning and is versatile across contexts.

26. Teaching characteristics for effective learning Teaching characteristics here means of curriculum, assessment and conceptions of teaching Teaching of conceptions focus on: When teachers: Instruct Guide Facilitate Consult Learners become: Dependent Interested Involved Self-Directed