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Learning is a process of knowledge acquisition, where “knowledge” is construed broadly. Next, we delineate five major questions that should govern an area of philosophy properly called “philosophy of learning.” Those questions are: (1) Is learning possible?; (2) Is all knowledge acquired through learning?;
As I suggested in chapter 1, a philosophy of learning has a number of elements: an account of a person, including her capacities and affordances, and the environments within which she is situated; an account of the relationship between a person and her environments; knowledge about understanding, learning and change, with regards to
Consistent with Aristotelian philosophy, Locke believed that knowledge is acquired through experience, repetition, training and virtue. He emphasized the impor-tance of enjoyable learning and insisted that teaching should begin in early childhood. Locke’s assertions were radical for their time but were shared by a
Jan 29, 2013 · Learning has been defined functionally as changes in behavior that result from experience or mechanistically as changes in the organism that result from experience. Both types of...
Jun 10, 2020 · We find that high-fidelity transmission evolves when (1) social and (2) individual learning are inexpensive, (3) traits are complex, (4) individual learning is abundant, (5) adaptive problems...
Jun 10, 2020 · We find that high-fidelity transmission evolves when (1) social and (2) individual learning are inexpensive, (3) traits are complex, (4) individual learning is abundant, (5) adaptive problems are difficult and (6) behaviour is flexible. Low-fidelity transmission differs in many respects.
The formal definition of learning describes the process as ''a relatively permanent change in behavior based on an individual's interactional experience with its environment.'' As such, learning is an important form of personal adaptation. Let's consider each critical element in this definition.
