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WHAT IS LEARNING ABOUT?
Learn about the processes and principles of learning. How do people learn and
what are the key factors that enable effective learning. Learning is the act of
acquiring new, or modifying and reinforcing, existing knowledge, behaviors,
skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of
information.
Human learning may occur as part of education, personal development,
schooling, or training. It may be goal oriented and may be aided by motivation.
REFLECTION:
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Learning is good for everyone because we can know about everything when we study
“banking
as can help us to understand many things in life.
about
a topic, concept,”
and also this
termed by Freire, is
essentially an act that
hinders the intellectual
growth of students by
turning them into,
figuratively speaking,
comatose “receptors”
and “collectors” of
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information that have
no real connection to