The Learning Process: Tell Me And I Learn

Introduction

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” - Benjamin Franklin.

learning means receiving information and processing it to knowledge. there are many different approaches to receiving this information. the quotation above by Benjamin Franklin illustrates my opinion on learning. By being involved in something one learns best. But what is exactly does learning mean and how is it done. Learning is a process that occurs in many different ways. The word “learn” can be lead back to the old gothic german word “lais” which means “I know”. Learning is a natural process, as Carl Rogers says in is first principle of learning - “Human beings have a natural potential for learning”. From the moment you are

being interested in what you are being taught is the fundamental for successful learning. Being curious is exercise for your brain. People go to the gym to work out and train their muscles so they grow and become stronger. It is the same concept with the human brain. “It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.” (Albert Einstein). As a kid I was very curious always asking “why?” but this curiosity went down the older I got. At school it was so much information that very often was taught in boring ways which made my curiosity sink. But in the last years I have become more curious about things again. I am much more interested in information, knowledge and life. Every time I come upon something that is new to me I ask questions so that I understand what I didn’t understand before. Since becoming a more curious person I have noticed a growth in my creativity for having new ideas. I have ideas of things I wouldn't of even thought of because I wouldn't of known. Every situation I am in I observe and think about because I am curious about why that is like that or why that person is acting the way he is. As mentioned I have been having more ideas which has made me sit down every week approximately three times and write down 5 to 10 ideas and really go in-depth on some of the ideas which of course is connected with more curiosity, questions and knowledge. Every inventor has asked the question “how can I make this work” or “how can I solve this problem”. That is how things are invented. A study from the University of California-Davis Center for Neuroscience has proven that stimulation of curiosity increased activity in the brain circuit related to reward. Curiosity lets us learn everything we are motivated to learn and also everything around it. There are various ways to improve your own curiosity. I started of by having the courage to just ask questions again like a little boy. As the headline of this