THE PROCESSES OF LEARNING: GAGNE'S MODEL

Noraziah, Abdul Aziz and Netty Yushani, Yusof, eds. (2009) THE PROCESSES OF LEARNING: GAGNE'S MODEL. Educational Management And Leadership Series . Institut Aminuddin Baki, Genting Highlands, Pahang.

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Abstract

Learning is a development that comes from exercise and effort and is a continuous and a fundamental process of life. Gagne (1970) suggests that it begins from the moment of birth, while McGeoch (1942) believes it begins long before we are born. Nevertheless, every individual learns and through learning develops modes of behaviour by which he lives. All human activities and achievements manifest the results of learning. Whether we look at life in terms of culture, the community or individual, we are confronted on every side by the pervasive effects of learning. For ages, man has been able to profit by learning from the experiences and discoveries of the generations that have preceded it, and in turn has added its contribution to the ever growing fund of human knowledge and skill. Garry, (1970) aptly remarked that every aspect of human endeavor has been developed and maintained as a result of man's ability to learn. Modern living forces us to continue learning through out our lives and what more when human beings acquire most of their human qualities through learning (Gagne 1977). Through an ability to learn, human beings have inherited a strong measure of independence to choose, to explore and to make important decisions about life. Learning enables us to make adaptive modifications that allow the species to survive and prosper. According to Thorndike (1931), learned changes in human mind have produced human civilization: homes and machines, languages and art, customs and laws, science and religion, and all the achievements of human culture depend upon the ability to learn.

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