Learning
In the past, learning was considered as “a passive activity” and learners as “empty organisms that incidentally
react less or more to stimuli”. This perception is within a deterministic model which suggest that specific learning
activities or responses are produced by bringing in specific stimuli in the learner’s perceptual environment.
However, the individual’s intent has not been taken into consideration in this interaction. If this model had been
absolutely accurate, then all children would have learned the same things with the same method even if their
individual competences and capacities were different. The advances in learning processes and learners show that it
is not true. According to Piaget, children are active participants in their learning processes. Later studies made by
child psychologists have also indicated that even newborn babies perceive the stimuli around them. Today the
prominent view is that childhood is a time period which consists of active and continuous learning, which is started
and managed generally by children during the play, and which is influenced by different environmental factors
(Loebach, 2004). Thus, the role of the environment is important in this process
LearningIn the past, learning was considered as “a passive activity” and learners as “empty organisms that incidentallyreact less or more to stimuli”. This perception is within a deterministic model which suggest that specific learningactivities or responses are produced by bringing in specific stimuli in the learner’s perceptual environment.However, the individual’s intent has not been taken into consideration in this interaction. If this model had beenabsolutely accurate, then all children would have learned the same things with the same method even if theirindividual competences and capacities were different. The advances in learning processes and learners show that itis not true. According to Piaget, children are active participants in their learning processes. Later studies made bychild psychologists have also indicated that even newborn babies perceive the stimuli around them. Today theprominent view is that childhood is a time period which consists of active and continuous learning, which is startedand managed generally by children during the play, and which is influenced by different environmental factors(Loebach, 2004). Thus, the role of the environment is important in this process
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