Learning Education

In psychology and education, a common definition of learning is a process that brings together cognitive, emotional, and environmental influences and experiences for acquiring, enhancing, or making changes in one's knowledge, skills, values, and world views (Illeris,2000; Ormorod, 1995). Learning as a process focuses on what happens when the learning takes place. Explanations of what happens constitute learning theories. A learning theory is an attempt to describe how people and animals learn, thereby helping us understand the inherently complex process of learning. Learning theories have two chief values according to Hill (2002). One is in providing us with vocabulary and a conceptual framework for interpreting the examples of learning that we observe. The other is in suggesting where to look for solutions to practical problems. The theories do not give us solutions, but they do direct our attention to those variables that are crucial in finding solutions.

 

MUMBAI, August 4, 2008 – Professor Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the One Laptop Per Child non-profit association, discussed the path breaking XO-laptop, which is widely seen as having the potential to revolutionize primary education around the world.

The XO-laptop was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, from which Negroponte is currently on leave, and of which he was co-founder and director. In conversation with David Cavallo, Vice President for Learning at OLPC and the co-head of the MIT Media Lab's Future of Learning group, Negroponte discussed One Laptop Per Child's (OLPC) efforts to provide high-quality education for all as an essential stepping-stone to building fair, equitable, economically and socially viable societies.

International education or international studies refer to the intentional preparation of American students to be contributing citizens, productive workers, and competent leaders in the interconnected world of the 21st century. While definitions vary in the precise language used, international education is generally taken to include:
•    knowledge of other world regions, cultures, and global/international issues;
•    skills in communicating in languages other than English, working in global or cross-cultural environments, and using information from different sources around the world; and
•    values of respect and concern for other cultures and peoples.