Learning Case Study

There are a number of theories that influence the learning practices of children and young people. According to Cognitive theory of Piaget, children in their learning, go through different sequences and stages, are active learners. They use their prior experience and first hand experiences for learning, imitating and transforming their learning into symbolic behavior.

Piaget theory explains four stage of learning i.e. Assimilation, Equilibrium, Disequilibrium, and Accommodation. Operant conditioning by skinner is based on the system of negative and positive reinforcement. This implies that during learning good actions should be rewarded and the bad actions should be punished in order to avoid them. According to Watson, by birth every individual

This process can be defined as the heart of human development as this process is an ongoing lifelong journey that may not be intentional or clearly planned.

Learning potential can be defined as the capability of child to learn in the upmost circumstances.

Education can be defined as set of activities that are aimed at developing moral values, skills, knowledge and understanding that is required in all life aspects (Kolb, 2014).

QUESTION 3

Explain how understanding the circumstances of the child or young person can influence strategies to support their learning

Understanding the circumstances of children plays significant role in devising the strategies to support the learning of children and young people. Through understanding the circumstances, the care takers get insight about the child behavior and under which situations they are active. Through the deep insight and better understandings of the situations helps the educators and caretakers to formulate the strategies that are best suited to support the learning of young children and adults (Meece, et al., 2006).

QUESTION 4

Describe aspects of the physical environment known to be conducive to children and young people’s

Non formal education is non-structured and mostly takes place outside the formal setting. Informal education includes learning in daily life and be acquired in normal setting, through interacting with the environment. In the current times, the numbers of informal setting within formal setting has increased. Informal and non-formal education can be less intimidating for some people have potential of bearing more impact on children and young person as it involves personal learning. Subject experts in non-formal or informal setting can deliver more knowledge to the children. Additionally since this type of learning encompasses natural settings, children and young people are less likely to resist in learning new things (Awartani, et al., 2008).

QUESTION 7

Explain the importance of supporting children and young people to recognise the benefits of sustained learning and education In the teachers standard 2013, sustained shared learning has been identified as contributing to better outcomes and good prepress in children. Sustained shared learning refers to shared learning, when in a setting two or more individuals are work together to do things. Sustained shared learning facilitate in focusing the child and young adult to wonder and be engaged on the learning process with excitement. It helps in understanding the child better and helps in exploring more about the learning and teaching styles of