HOW DO WE LEARN BEST?
This review activity can help you: (Developed from Gibbs G (1981), Teaching Students to Learn: a
student-centred approach, Milton Keynes: Open University Press)
to start to think about your own learning
to spot some things that influence your learning
to see some things about yourself as a learner
to lead on to a discussion of how to improve your learning.
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Review
1 On your own, think back to a past experience of learning where the experience was not a good one. It could be at school, in sports or in a hobby – but it was an occasion when you were wanting to learn and it was not such a good learning experience. Maybe you felt frustrated in the learning, or you did not learn what you wanted to.
Remember it in detail and then think about what made this not such a good learning experience. Write down the things that caused it to be like that. [3 minutes]
2 Now do the same for a good learning experience – where you learned what you wanted to, perhaps you enjoyed it a lot, were very involved, and so on.
What was it that made the learning so good? Write down some of the things. [3 minutes]
3 In pairs, tell each other about the experiences you chose. Explain why the experiences were good or not.
Look for similarities and differences between what you have said. Are there some things that were alike in your experiences? Are there ways in which your preferences differ? [10 minutes]
4 In the whole group, collect up some of the comments everybody has made.
Then ask how we explain what makes a good learning experience and what makes a not so good learning experience.
Learn Did any of the following areas emerge when explaining the good and not so good learning experiences?
Why you were learning, anything about your purpose?
How did you do it, the strategy you adopted as a learner?
What results, the effects of your learning, on you and on others?
How did you feel regarding this learning – before, during and after?
When, where, who you were with for this learning, the context you were in?
Did you find anything interesting about your own or other people’s learning?
Apply Following this activity, is there something new that you want to try out in your learning? Which situation will you choose?
When?
When will you discuss with others what happened when you tried something new?
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