Understanding Learning

themselves in my life, I realized that I have had more experience with them than I had first

thought. I don’t see myself as being changed dramatically by any one learning experience,

but I do realize that my desire to learn has increased as I have been introduced to a variety

of teaching methods. In short, I could not pick one theory that I could relate most of my

learning experiences to. Therefore, as I looked through our textbook, I tried to remember

if and how any of these theories played a role in my educational development so far.

As we have studied, most learning theories can be placed into one of two groups:

cognitive learning and association learning. “The cognitive learning view states that

learning is based on a restructuring of perceptions and thoughts occurring within the

organism. This restructuring allows us to perceive new relationships, solve new problems,

and gain understanding of a subject area. Cognitive learning theorists stress the

reorganization of one’s perceptions in order to achieve understanding.” (Sprinthall,

Sprinthall, and Oja; Educational Psychology- A develop

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