FACILITATING HUMAN LEARNING

 

Definition of learning - is the acquisition and development of memories and behaviors, including skills, knowledge, understanding, values and wisdom. It is the goal of education, and the product of experience. It is therefore a relatively permanent change in behavior.

 

Other Definitions:

 

1.          A process inferred from relatively stable changes in behavior that result through practice of interaction with and adaptation to the environment (Goodwin and Klaus Meier)

 

2.          The development of new associations as a result of experience (Good and Grophy).

 

3.          The modification of an organism‘s behavior as a result of maturation and environmental experience.


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