Learning

Assumptions about learning?

1. Actively constructed 
2. Emotional connection
3. Emerges from and builds on experiences (Spryral Curriculum)
4. Influenced by context 
5. Socially mediated and develops within a community
6. Social relationships 
7. School conditions can hinder learning 

To optimise learning? 

1. We MUST want to learn 
2. Make sense of what we are learning 
3. Practice or trial and error 
4. Take ownership 

5 dimensions of learning? 

1. Conscious and unconscious 
2. Different levels of attention 
3. Different sense sequence 
4. By detail or whole picture 
5. By fast track or scenic route 

6 conditions of learning? 

1. New experiences 
2. Rehearsal 
3. Learning foundations
4. Processing new information 
5. Demonstrating learning 
6. Moving to another level of understanding