Themes Of Accelerated Learning
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Recent research has generated new conceptions of learning in five distinct areas. New information about human learning has being investigated by psychologists and views of how effective learning proceeds have shifted to focus on students' understanding and application of knowledge and away from the benefits of diligent drill and practice. Accelerated Learning has adopted these practices to change the way in which learning occurs for the better.
The five areas of Accelerated Learning involve Memory Processes and the structure of knowledge, early learning foundations structure of knowledge and memory, analysis and problem solving, self regulatory and metacognitive processes and community participation and cultural experiences in early learning and each can play and important role the whole learning experience and its successful outcome.
Memory and structure of knowledge. Knowing how learners develop coherent structures of information has been particularly useful in understanding the nature of organized knowledge that underlies effective comprehension and thinking. Essential to Accelerated Learning, memory has come to be understood as more than simple associations; evidence describes the structures that represent knowledge and meaning.
Analysis and problem solving. In Accelerated Learning there is a clear distinction between specialized expertise of individuals who have proficiency in particular subjects and the learned problem-solving skills in novices. One of the most important influences on contemporary learning theory has been research on how expert learners approach a subject. Learning theory can now account for how learners acquire new skills and then use these general strategies in other problem-solving situations.
Early foundation. Scientific studies of infants and young children have revealed the relationships between children's learning predispositions and their emergent abilities to organize and coordinate information, make inferences, and discover strategies for problem solving.
As a result, teachers and the education establishment are rethinking the role of the skills and abilities children bring with them to school. To make the most of Accelerated Learning educators need to address the different skill levels children bring with them, one size does not fit all. The development of creative methodologies for assessing infants' responses in a controlled research setting has done much to shed light of these early learning experiences.
Metacognitive processes and self-regulatory capabilities. Self Regulation and self motivation are important elements in any learning environment. Individuals can be taught to regulate their behaviors, and these regulatory activities enable self-monitoring and executive control of one's performance. The activities include such strategies as planning ahead, apportioning one's time predicting outcomes, noting failures to comprehend, explaining to one's self in order to improve understanding, and activating background knowledge.
Cultural experience and community participation. Accelerated Learning and indeed any kind of learning involves becoming attuned to the constraints and resources, the limits and possibilities, that are involved in the practices of the community. Participation in social practice is a fundamental form of learning. Learning is promoted by social norms that value the search for understanding.
Early learning is assisted by the supportive context of the family and the social environment, through the kinds of activities in which adults engage with children. Encouraging children to find their own solutions to problems will develop skills necessary for future learning success. These activities have the effect of providing to toddlers the structure and interpretation of the culture's norms and rules, and these processes occur long before children enter school.
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Kathy is a psychologist, and writes articles and course for Accelerated Learning, Personal Development, and Self Help Issues. Learn more about Accelerated Learning at Accelerated Learning and Your Unlimited Brain Power
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