comments about def. of learning

Mealnie,I found an article online about learning and memory. I believe what you are talking about is memory. Learning is different. Learning is how you acquire new information about the world and memory is how you store that information. Learning is more of a process. Learning is the ability to make sense of the environment and world and understanding the world around you. Learning is making sense. It involves taking knowledge and relating to other knoweldge and your world. I feel like it is easy to get the two confused. However, I feel we should concentrate on learning as a process. I'm just throwing out ideas here. I want to know what others think!

I agree with that! I LOVED her class. It was amazing!

Jill, I agree with this defintion becaus it focuses more on the process of learning and not jsut memory. I feel this is good!

agree with the first part but not so much the second. For example, I have learned ALOT in my graduate classes. I can pass the test and write the papers. However, alot I don't remember or apply to my life and my teaching. You can learn without it being in your memory. But you REALLY learn things that aplly to you and you know will be useful!

That is real learning. When you use it. However, you can learn something just long enough to be successful for the needed reason. I feel like there may be different levels of learning. There could be learning just to get by or please others. There is learning that is personal and meaningful and useful.

But learning definitely is a process. The storing away deals with memory. These two are seperate.

I agree. The statement I am trying to make is that there are many different ways and levels of learning. Also, learning is different than memory. Learning is a process!

Learning is a process and memory is a product. Do you not agree with that because that is only what I am saying. I am just saying that there is a thin line between a process, learning, and a product, memory. I do not think memory and learning as the same. I think they are different. I fthey were the same there would not be any thing such as unlearning or relearning. Do you not agree that there are many different levels and degrees of learning?

This is exaclty what I AM saying! I started all of this because the first few post were saying that learning is when you remember or memorize something and I was saying that is not tru. Learning and memory are different! That's all I was saying.

Learning and memory do go hane in hand. All I am saying is that remembering is not learning. That is not all there is to it.

I agree with all of this.

I enjoy this discussion. I think it is great to hear all the sides. However, we all agree that memorization is wrong. However, it is a way to learn. It is a product of learning. I mean think about all the memorization WE have done. "My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" This is what I feel. 1.)Learning is a process. Depositing what we have learned into our brains for a period of time or memorizing is a product of learning. Learning and memory are not the same thing. 2.)There are many different levels of learning and memory. There are many different varied degrees of learning and memory. 3) Memorization is wrong but WE have all personally experienced it and still know and use it today. You have to. What about phone numbers? Faces? Websites? All of this we have memorized (stored in our memory). I feel like we are on the same team but we are misreading each other or something.Thank you for your discussion. I enjoy it!