learning and change

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Learning is a continual process when people learn they generate ideas and they test them to their own values . When the ideas survive the test then learning has occurred (Schaveran , 2007 . In my opinion , learning only occurs after information is filtered through ones brain and one that is retained in the long-term memory is what is learned . This is because not all information gathered or exposed to is relevant . The brain uses selective criteria in choosing what tom process and store Most times

, what we can relate to in terms of previous knowledge and /or experience is easily retained or learned , as opposed to new and abstract information . Perhaps this is the reason why it is said that learning is biologically based

Learning is f g .t .r process meaning it followers a generate test and regenerate cycle . At least this is according to the biologically based generative theory of learning . This theory is built upon three premises . One , that values drive learning , two that learning occurs by selection and three that learning is progressive (Schaverien , 2007 contrary to common thought learning is not a one-time affair , biological learning takes times and at the primary level it may take as long as 20 years for it to occur . This is because at the primary level . Genetic knowledge transfer from one living thing to another say through reproduction takes time . At the secondary level i .e . within the immune system and brain the time frame is shorter while at the territory level that is through studying our history and culture knowledge transfer is relatively quicker (Schaverein , 2007 ) Perhaps this sound like technical jargon but Hutching puts a better perspective on the whole concept of time learning . He says

Education is not a segregated activity conducted hours in certain places at a certain time of life . It was the aim of society . The city educated the man . The Athenian was educated by culture by paideia (Hutchins 1970 :133

Learning has always been an intriguing concept to curious minds such as those of psychologist mostly because it is unseen and intangible process . Psychologists such as Jean Piaget , Lev Vygotsky , John Locke Ivan Pavlov , BF Skinner , Jerome Brunner , George Kelly and Wolfgang Kohler are some of the key psychologist who contributed significant theories , which try to explain learning

This draws from a workplace context of how learning occurs it also tracks ideas about growth and development in the work place basing argument from certain theories of learning . It will also speculate on the various kinds of learning support in the workplace

Human growth and development occurs in stages . In this workplace context , I choose to focus on Erickson 's model of lifespan development and how it affects the workplace learning and change , Erickson 's model concerns itself with psychosocial department of human beings . It specifically touches on social roles and relationship of individuals and how they progress from childhood to late stages of life theory proposes

This theory...