Presented By: MD. Monsur Rahman MPT in Musculoskeletal Disorders MM University,Mullana, Ambala

1. Nature & Types of learning
Presented
By
MD. MONSUR RAHMAN
MPT (Musculoskeletal Disorder)
MM INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY & REHABILITATION
MULLANA, AMBALA

2. Learning:
Learning is the acquisition of habits, knowledge
& attitudes. It involves new ways of doing things
and it operates in individuals attempts to
overcome barrier or to adjust new situations.
It represents progressive changes in behaviour.
It enables him to satisfy interests to attain goals.
(Crow & crow)

3. NATURE OF LEARNING
Learning is Universal.
• Every creature that lives learns. Man learns
most. The human nervous system is very
complex, so are human reactions and so are
human acquisition.
Learning is Through Experience.
• Learning always involves some kind of
experience, direct or indirect (vicarious).

4. Learning is from all Sides:
• Today learning is from all sides. Children learn
from parents, teachers, environment, nature,
media etc.
Learning is Continuous.
• It denotes the lifelong nature of learning.
Every day new situations are faced and the
individual has to bring essential changes in his
style of behaviour adopted to tackle them.
Learning is birth to death.

5. Learning results in Change in Behaviour.
• It is a change of behaviour influenced by
previous behaviour. It is any activity that
leaves a more or less permanent effect on
later activity.
Learning is an Adjustment.
• Learning helps the individual to adjust himself
adequately to the new situations. Most
learning in children consists in modifying,
adapting, and developing their original nature.
In later life the individuals acquire new forms
of behaviour

6. Learning comes about as a result of practice.
• It is the basis of drill and practice. It has been
proven that students learn best and retain
information longer when they have meaningful
practice and repetition. Every time practice
occurs, learning continues.
Learning is a relatively Permanent Change.
• After a rat wake up from his nap he still
remembers the path to the food. Even if we have
been on a bicycle for years, in just a few minutes
practice we can be quite proficient again.

7. Learning as Growth and Development.
• It is never ending growth and development. At
reach stage the learner acquires new visions of
his future growth and news ideals of achievement
in the direction of his effort.
• According to Woodworth, “All activity can be
called learning so far as it develops the individual
Learning is not directly observable.
• The only way to study learning is through some
observable behaviour. Actually, we cannot
observe learning; we see only what precedes
performance, the performance itself, and the
consequences of performance

8. Types of Learning:
1. Motor learning:
• Most of our activities in our day-to-days life refer
to motor activities.
• The individual has to learn them in order to
maintain his regular life, for example walking,
running, skating, driving, climbing, etc. All these
activities involve the muscular coordination
2. Verbal learning:
• This type of learning involves the language we
speak, the communication devices we use. Signs,
pictures, symbols, words, figures, sounds, etc, are
the tools used in such activities. We use words for
communication.

9. 3. Concept learning:
• It is the form of learning which requires higher
order mental processes like thinking, reasoning,
intelligence, etc.
• we learn different concepts from childhood. For
example, when we see a dog and attach the term
‘dog’, we learn that the word dog refers to a
particular animal.
4. Discrimination learning:
• Learning to differentiate between stimuli and
showing an appropriate response to these stimuli
is called discrimination learning. Example, sound
horns of different vehicles like bus, car,
ambulance, etc.

10. 5. Learning of principles:
• Individuals learn certain principles related to
science, mathematics, grammar, etc. in order to
manage their work effectively. These principles
always show the relationship between two or more
concepts. Example: formulae, laws, associations,
correlations, etc.
6. Problem solving:
• This is a higher order learning process. This learning
requires the use of cognitive abilities-such as
thinking, reasoning, observation, imagination,
generalization, etc. This is very useful to overcome
difficult problems encountered by the people

11. 7. Attitude learning:
• Attitude is a predisposition which determines
and directs our behaviour. We develop
different attitudes from our childhood about
the people, objects and everything we know.
Our behaviour may be positive or negative
depending upon our attitudes. Example:
attitudes of nurse towards her profession,
patients, etc.

12. Thank You