Learning can be challenging to many individuals because there is a change in the mental process where you need to adapt to the foreign information. This is why not only how you learn, but also how you reinforce the learned information is important. Learning requires the learning to have an open mind so that their brain becomes flexible to change and open to intake new information. Oftentimes, learning can feel more easy when the learner has a need to learn it, or has an interest for the material. This is because when the learner needs to learn something/has an interest for it, they will tend to pay more attention and feel a greater level of satisfaction as it will have an actual impact. There can also be external factors such as who is teaching the material or how the material is taught, which can ultimately be beneficial or detrimental to a learner.
One example of a learning challenge I had was at a co-op work term where the training methodology was poor, resulting me to not properly take in the information. This also pushed me to become unmotivated to continue learning because I was losing interest in the subject. Knowing that I was starting to lose interest in the subject, I had to find a way to regain that interest and learn to the best of my best ability. I started getting motivation from talking to co-workers and getting more understanding about the subject from them. Talking to co-workers also resulted in me to understand what I can do after I properly learn the subject. I started to see the relevance and put more time/attention to learning through both co-workers and external sources (internet). But since learning requires you to change how your mind sees something, this means that a period of time and reiteration of the learning material was needed. This is why I had set up meetings to go over the learning material and receive feedback at times to help improve my learning process. Lastly, It was extremely important to reinforce what was learned so that I don’t forget about it too soon.
References
Meilleur, C. (2019, Sept 18). From surface to in-depth learning. KnowledgeOne. https://knowledgeone.ca/from-surface-to-in-depth-learning/
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