Social-cultural influences on learning John Munro

1 Social-cultural influences on learningJohn Munro The aim of this unit is to consider how the culture influences learning . It examines the followingmain questions How cultures teach learners what and how to think. How the knowledge taught in formal education is culturally determined The beliefs cultures have about how learning occurs. How cultures value ways of thinking. How the feedback given during learning influences learning How we can 'scaffold' or support students' learning Helping students negotiate an understanding of cultural ideas Learners' perception of power in the interactionMany people think that learning has to do with processes within learners. However, the culture inwhich a person learns sets the agenda for learning in several ways. It determines what is learnt andinfluences how and when it is learnt. What and how a person learns is influenced in largemeasure by the culture in which the learning occurs and the social interaction processes in whichthe learner engages.

the child internalises this meaning and uses the action to gesture, the interpersonal activity has become intrapersonal. Children show trends in their use of signs. Some( iconic signs) are images of what they stand for, for example, a drawing of a bird. Others (indexical signs) have a cause-effect relationship, for

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