Assess the Impact of Key Influences on the Personal Learning Processes on Own Learning.

This unit aims to enable learners to understand the learning process and to give them the skills they need to

In conclusion during the course of my Psychology class I have learned a lot of concepts that can relate to everyday life. Before I formally learned about these 3 concepts I thought that my prior knowledge of these 3 things were everything that could be known about them. When looking intensively deeper into what they actually are I learned a lot more information. From my learning experience I have found that every single concept we have learned in Psychology relates back to everyday life, so having more knowledge on these things give me a larger outlook on the events I see occur and

Everyone has their own preferred way of learning new things. Knowing how you learn can

Over the year both positive and negative influences have influenced my learning. The skill I have developed for learning is my aspiration is to become a midwife, this influences my learning in the way that it gives me the hunger to learn new things and improve my knowledge and grades. By improving my knowledge I will be able to go onto the next stage of my development. I believe that if I did not have such a desire to be a midwife, it would affect my learning by creating a mental blockage which would stop my ability to take things in and learn as I would become lazy and not interested from the lack of direction in my life. As soon as I realised what I wanted to do as a career, it really highlighted my priorities and I found that I have

There are several factors that have and still do influence on my own individual learning process. However some have impacted greater than others and they are as followed:

My personal learning does not only have an impact on me but on the others around me as well, my family, friends, and staff at my placement are an example of people that is affect my personal learning and development. I have the capability to assist others by using knowledge and skills that I have obtained by learning and by own experiences. I believe that by sharing this knowledge and skills I can benefit others and I also believe that I can share my own experiences with others, for example if I have been through a bad experience I can advice others and help them gain knowledge about it and if they go through the same experience that I did they would not need to have to

In author Kieran Lim’s article “Summer Is A Good Time For Informal Education” he quotes, “Informal education refers to all learning outside the formal and non-formal educational system, and it is often associated with life-long learning as it can include reading non-fiction books and scholarly articles, viewing documentaries and other informal professional development” (38). Non-college students can have the same beneficial learning process as a college student would by just reading. Reading is the foundation of all learning. It allows a person to understand and comprehend certain words that can be accompanied with thoughts and ideas. Since reading is known as the interpretation of words, many people can use these words to study and learn more

Education benefits individual mentally, emotionally and physically by placing them in better place than they were previously before. Everybody would agree that learning something new would take place throughout the life. Learning style defined as "A term that describes the variations among learners in using one or more senses to understand, organize, and retain experience" (Reid, 1987, p. 89). Furthermore, Felder and Henriques (1995, p. 21) explained learning styles as "the ways in which an individual characteristically acquires, retains and retrieves information". However, different learners possess different characteristics and different preferred learning styles to perceive, process, take in and understand information.

Finally, students can gain experience by working throughout high school. This brings them opportunity to learn how to budget their money, which is a vital part of being independent. Students can gain more experiences and polish their skills while working. These skills can help them in future in finding perfect job for them. For example, if you enjoy teaching, working part-time as a tutor may help you improve your teaching skills and gain experiences.

Learning and hearing something said in class such as the role chlorophyll plays in the process of photosynthesis but then getting to see it happen in lab takes my understanding to a much deeper level. Looking at the light absorbance graphs and seeing that the chlorophyll doesn’t absorb almost any green light and instead absorbs a lot of blue light and red light. This reinforces what I have learned in class and implants it in my brain forever.

Every student has had a time in their lives when a factor changes the student's academic experience. The factor that influenced my educational experience was when I received my first ACT score. It was in February when all the juniors needed to take the ACT. I was confident I would do well I had studied in advance and made sure to work on my weaknesses. All throughout the testing period, I felt great about my answers and my only goal was to score a twenty-five on my first try. However weeks later our scores arrived and once I received mine all I felt was disappointment. I didn't get the score I aimed for instead I received a twenty-one. I couldn't believe my eyes many things were passing through my mind and all I could stare at was the score

First off, who I am as a learner has changed over the past years. At times before, I wouldn’t take certain classes or assignments seriously and have learned my lessons when I failed. I believe having classmates at the time who weren’t as focused as I wanted to be, played a big role in my lack of understanding in classes. I understood later that if I felt learning was so important to me, I need to realize that it is my future and I needed to focus on my own. Having learner in my top 5 strengths defines me very well. Rath (2007) explains that, “The process, more than the content or the result, is especially exciting for you” (p.133). I believe this defines me as a learner because I enjoy having books in hand, opening up my notebook to write notes and learning new ways to understand the class. Regardless if the content is something I have to get in to or if I don’t do well on tests, I enjoy the process of studying and learning more even when I know I didn’t do so well; that is what motivates me. I believe as long as I keep this mindset and understand that this is my strength, I will continue to grow and further my education as much as possible. Even though I have failed a few of my last classes, I never let that stop me from continuing. Knowing that I have “failed” makes me realize I know I can do better and I try my hardest not to let it get me down. I will not get further if I don’t keep trying and as a learner I am a motivator to myself in my studies.

What does this piece reveal about you as a learner? What did you learn about yourself as you worked on this piece?

Learning takes place not only in the classroom but also in our everyday lives. This is because to learn does not mean just to gain academic knowledge. Rather, learning refers to acquisition of any kind of knowledge that can give us instructions on how we should behave. Information that we get in the classroom is, without any doubt, useful and proven and it can broaden our mind. However, school years are relatively short in terms of a life span, and, therefore, there are a lot more things that can be

A student with a part-time job will learn not only great work ethic, but also how to balance the demanding workloads between school and work. This is great for when students go on to become involved in other activities because they will know time management and how to balance their energy between activities. Time management is a skill that is extremely important to students and people in today?s world because everything is so fast, and compressed; there is a lot to do in a typical day of a student! Employed students must learn how to work while still making time for their studies and other things. They will also have to learn confidence in telling the boss when they absolutely can not work because schoolwork must come first. For example, I used to work about 40 hours a week at Tim Horton?s while I was attending Northern full time as a student. Between all this, I was training for boxing, running x-country, maintaining a social life and such but I kept my schoolwork the first priority with my job running in a close second. It was hard to get on track of balancing everything while working eight(plus) hour day shifts but I was able to manage it, and find use for every moment I had awake. I learned a lot from that time in my life and now every day I get I seem to plan out and make sure I have the proper time for everything. Students learning how to balance their workload will benefit a lot