HUMAN LEARNING.UTS

• Riddle 1


  • What is 10+3 = 1? Answer: clock
• Riddle 2


  • A boy and a doctor were fishing. The boy is the doctor's son, but the doctor isn't the boy's father. Who is the doctor? Answer: Mother
• Riddle 3


  • There is a room with no doors, and no windows. A man is found hung from the ceiling. A puddle of water is on the floor. How did he die? Answer: He was standing on a block of ice
• Learning


  A relatively lasting change in behavior that is the result of experience. The acquisition of information, knowledge, and skills.
• Learning is an ongoing process that takes place throughout life and isn't confined to the classroom
• Social Cognitive Theory (SCT)


  • Explains how people actively shape and are shaped by their environment
  • People learn through observation and imitation of others' behavior
  • Focuses on mental processes involved in learning, not just behavior
• Observational Learning


  1. Attention

  2. Retention

  3. Motor Reproduction

  4. Motivation
• Expectancy


  Belief that one can successfully perform the behavior
• Value


  Importance of the goal that the behavior is meant to achieve
• Affective reaction


  Emotional response to performing the behavior
• Self-efficacy


  Level of a person's confidence in their ability to successfully perform a behavior
• Self-efficacy is influenced by a person's own capabilities as well as other individual and environmental factors
• Self-efficacy is often task-specific
• Human agency


  • People are self-regulating and proactive
  • People influence their own environments, other people, and social groups
• Principles of human agency


  • Intentionality
  • Forethought
  • Self-Reactiveness
  • Self-Reflectiveness
• In the learning process, students are equally accountable for their performance as teachers
• Deep learning


  • A committed approach to learning that involves consideration and rumination on the part of the student
  • Encourages students to interact vigorously and critically with the content to understand new ideas and integrate them with what they've learned
  • Includes applying critical thinking skills to devise solutions to problems
  • Deep learners seek to understand meaning and apply what they learn to new situations
• Surface learning


  • A passive approach to learning where students only learn what is required and nothing more
  • A superficial approach that involves scraping the surface of the material and concentrating only on assessment requirements
  • Surface learners work in isolation and see learning as coping with tasks, not understanding meaning
• Habits for deep learning

  • Taking down notes
  • Asking questions
  • Creating cognitive maps
  • Engaging in collaborative learning activities
  • Going beyond mandatory course requirements