Forms Of Learning By Teacher Training

Skill Learning:

Skill learning takes place in three stages. For example, while learning to ride a bicycle the individual learns what is required in the task and certain specific components of the task. This is

the cognitive stage. In the second stage called �association stage’ the skill is perfected with accuracy and precision. Finally, the individual need not even think about the various aspects

of the task to be performed. The skill becomes automatic. Everyday life is full of activities that demands skills learning such as motor learning; eating with spoon, talking, handwriting,

typewriting, driving a car, playing a musical instrument etc. In all these, practice is required to make responses with speed and accuracy. Motor skills require coordination between

environmental and internal bodily stimuli and the act to be performed.

Verbal Learning:

The child begins to acquire verbal skills as she grows. Initially a child has limited understanding of what certain words and gestures mean. Verbal learning involves learning to respond

to words or with words. As the child grows up she develops improved verbal skills such as naming objects, pronouncing words, combining words to form to sentences, writing

sentences to convey an idea and so on. She acquires a new vocabulary to communicate properly.

Verbal skills are generally acquired through memorizing, by repeating recalling and recognizing the material. Speaking is a complex skill involving both motor as well as symbolic or

verbal skills. It is acquired partly on the basis of reflex vocalization which appears during infancy and also through imitation and modeling.

While studying verbal learning, psychologists use a number of methods of presenting the material. They include serial learning, free recall and paired associate learning. In serial

learning the learner is asked to recall in the way the words were presented to him. Free recalls requires the learner to recall the words without regard to their order of presentation. In

paired associates the verbal materials is presented in pairs such as CRAFT-BOOK.

Concept Learning:

Concept is a category name and it has certain characteristics. Concept learning involves both generalization and differentiation. An individual learns to distinguish between two or more

stimuli which differ in some detail. For example, the child learns what is an animal, later she differentiates between dog and cat, etc. Thus, an individual learns to make different

responses to stimuli from different categories. All concepts represent a set of features connected with the help of some rule.

The individual learns to response to objects in his or her environment in terms of their different features like colour, shapes, position, number and so on. He/She tries to find certain

common properties in a group of objects and attaches some category names to them. Various words which are normally use to denote an object such as house, car, school, animal, doll

and so on are examples of concepts. Learning concepts is useful in understanding the world and in solving problems. Most of the subjects which we study involve concept learning.

Social Learning:

A we grow our environment widens to include people, objects and events. We learn habits, as well as modify our perception of objects, events, persons and attitudes. Much of the

learning of an individual involves change in one’s attitude. An attitude is learnt way to act towards an object, person, situation or an idea.