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A 4 page paper that discusses the definitions of cognition and learning, the role of behavior in learning, experiential learning and brain-based learning, and the relationship between learning and cognition. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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This is one reason the words cognition and learn are so often used interchangeably. This overlap in definitions links cognition and learning inextricably. This can be affirmed by consulting any
dictionary and looking up these two words. Cognition is knowledge acquired or the ability to acquire knowledge and learning is defined as acquiring of knowledge, acquired knowledge,, or change in
knowledge. Learning is not complete until behavior changes. Learning skills, for example, provide the learner with technical or manual skills they can demonstrate. Abstract learning leads to reflection and even
a change in attitude or a change in thinking processes. Whether it is observable behaviors or non-observable behaviors such as attitudes and reflection, learning leads to a change in behavior.
One type of learning is experiential learning. This is the type of learning most often observed in the play activities of children and again in adult education. It is
learning that is based on the persons experiences. Both the structured and unstructured play of children have been studied with studies revealing that children learn problem solving and creativity through
their play experiences (Whitebread et al., 2009). There are different approaches to adult experiential learning. Fenwick (2000) describes five but only one will be discussed in this essay simply
because there is not enough space. Also, the constructivist approach is prevalent in regular education-think of Piaget and Vygotsky. Fenwick (2000) refers to this as Reflection, which is a Constructivist
Perspective. In the constructivist perspective, the learner makes meaning out of experiences, i.e., he constructs meaning. He has the experience, interprets it, and generalizes that experience to form a mental
structure. The structures are knowledge that are stored in memory as concepts the learner can recall at a later time and that can also be used in new situations.
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