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| Three contexts of learning [ Reply ] By: Tim Smart on 2014-07-02 06:16 | [forum:43723] |
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Three contexts of learning. The situation: Imagine a mother and infant child are castaway on a deserted island. The mother is extremely intelligent and adapts to the situation. The mother keeps the two alive for years. At the same time she teaches the child survival skills she has adapted. The child learning from the mother is ‘familial learning’. Scenario 1: When the child is 4, the mother dies. Scenario 2: When the child is 8, the mother dies. It stands to reason in this situation a child with 6 years of education, has a better chance of survival then a child with only 2. When the mother dies, everything the child learns from then on, is ‘individual learning’. All the learning from that point will be from personal experience, as opposed to when the mother was teaching the child. Luckily for the child in both scenarios, a member of a native tribe from the other side of the island happens upon the child shortly after the mothers death. The child is rescued and taught the ways of the tribe. What the child learns as a member of the tribe is called ‘cultural learning’. In real life, we have very little individual learning, since we are always connected to family and culture. |
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