The discussion is about how learning has evolved over the years in an increasingly complexed world. We talk about ‘Learning Society’, a term given by Robert Hutchins and Torsten Husen. A society where learning is a lifelong process and is not confined to just the formal education system but extends to work, press and audiovisual media.
A faster production and growing thirst for knowledge throughout the society poses the threat of obsolescence to educational techniques and institutions. Learning and knowledge has become diverse in terms of descriptive knowledge, procedural knowledge, explanatory knowledge and behavioral knowledge. The concept of multiple intelligences like spatial, bodily-kinesthetic and naturalist intelligence go hand in hand. The ultimate aim of education is not to develop all forms of intelligence equivalently in everyone but to identify approaches best suited to each learner.
A faster production and growing thirst for knowledge throughout the society poses the threat of obsolescence to educational techniques and institutions. Learning and knowledge has become diverse in terms of descriptive knowledge, procedural knowledge, explanatory knowledge and behavioral knowledge. The concept of multiple intelligences like spatial, bodily-kinesthetic and naturalist intelligence go hand in hand. The ultimate aim of education is not to develop all forms of intelligence equivalently in everyone but to identify approaches best suited to each learner.
The availability of knowledge is no longer confined to geographical boundaries. Texts, books and reading archives have migrated to computer screens with new attributes like ubiquity, fluidity, interactivity, integral indexation and fragmentation.
