nature and characteristics of learning

1. NATURE &
CHARACTERISTICS OF
LEARNING
KSHYANAPRAVA BEHERA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SUM NURSING COLLEGE
SOA UNIVERSITY

2. MEANING & DEFINITION
• LEARNING:
“Teacher open the door. You enter by yourself”
– Chinise Proverb
• Definition:
• “It is any relatively permanent change or modification of behavior
that results as a result of practice or experience”.
–Gates & others
• Webster’s Dictionary defines learning as “the act or experience of
one that learns; knowledge or skill acquired by instruction or study;
modification of a behavioral tendency by experience”.

3. CHARACTERISTICS
Learning is unitary
Learning is individual & social
Learning is self active
Learning is purposive
Learning is creative
Learning is transferable

4. LEARNING IS UNITRY-
• the learner responds as a whole person in a unified way to
the whole situation or total pattern . they respond
intellectually, emotionally, physically & spiritually & they
occur simultaneously .
• learner reacts to the cumulative learning situation rather
than to any single stimulus . Lastly the learner reacts in a
unified way.
LEARNING IS INDIVIDUAL & SOCIAL-
• learning is an entirely individual matter. And each must learn
in their own activity & others can learn in a limited sense .
• learning is social because it takes place as some type of
response to the social environment of the individual.

5. LEARNING IS SELF–ACTIVE –
• learning is personal process, each person must develop her
own habits of learning an individual learns only through ones
own reactions to situations.
• Learning does not happen without a self activity.
LEARNING IS PURPOSIVE-
• it is not only active but acting in a specific direction. So it is
moving towards its goal . goal setting comprises both short &
long-term goals.
• so the consequences of a students response to situation will
influence strongly what she learns & its permanency.

6. LEARNING IS CREATIVE-
• human learning is both selective & creative . As a creator,
man becomes what god designed him to become through the
act of creating himself.
LEARNING IS TRANSFERABLE-
• transfer means that whatever is learned in one context or
situation will be applied or affect another context or situation .
transfer of learning seldom takes place automatically.

7. PROPOSITIONS ABOUT LEARNING
Reinforcement.
Immediate feedback.
Threat & punishment.
Practice.
Stimulations.
Motivation.
Problem solving.
Concepts.
Frustration.
Peer learning.

8. TECHNIQUES OF LEARNING
Well-designed instructions-
• no school subjects are distinctly superior to others for
strengthening mental powers.
• General improvement as a result of study of any subject
is based on instruction designed to construct
generalization about principles, concept formation and
improvement of technique of study, thinking &
communication.

9. Situational learning –
• what is learned is largely predicted to be available for
use when learned in a situation much similar to the
where it is to be applied & immediately prior to the time
when it is required.
• Learning in the absence of situation is likely to fade away
after a period and is not permanent.

10. values & attitudes-
• children are likely to choose groups, reading matter, TV
shows and other influences which agree with their own
opinions they remain disconnected from what is
contradictory to their views.
• This helps in building up of values & attitudes in their
lives.

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