Motivation

Learning is still the gaining of knowledge from different sources and experiences but it can be influenced by many things. In my life my goal for a long time has been to be smarter than my brothers. This is a motivating factor for me. As I try to be smarter than them I go about it different ways. One way is that I try to find out what they know and acquire that knowledge and a little bit more. One other way is I am always reading books and experimenting with my knowledge to prove things true or false.

Teachers can influence learning by finding motivating factors and using those to help students learn. Some motivating factors are social, helping students learn more to look good. Another is mastery. Some learners are perfectionists. They want to learn concepts to the greatest amount they can. As a teacher you can find this motivation and use it to help the learner want to learn.

cognitive development Learning

What is learning? Learning take different roles as we develop in life. As a younger child we are able to learn through experiences with our hands or body (with contact) but as we mature we are able to learn by experiences we can think about or mentally. As we change we are able to apply the experiences we had to experiences others have had and learn from our mistakes by not making them again but by understanding how others actions can be applied to ours so we don't make the same mistake.

As instructors, We can effect learners by understanding where they are at developmentally and apply that to how they learn. if we have more advanced learners we can teach by examples of others but if we have beginning learners we need to have the learners experience by hands on so they can succeed and fail on their own.