How Do We Think About Learning?

• How we define learning influences how we teach..

• Linked to philosophies and theories, such as behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism...

• More than 50 types of learning are listed in a recent book on adult learning (Knowles, The Adult Learner, 1998)

• Learning as … active, collaborative, involved, experiential, problem-centered, concept, mediated, formal, process, self-directed, informal, structured, distance

• What is Your definition of learning? Hint : Both product and process...