The article titled "Learning Theory" helped you understand exactly what learning is and how it can be interpreted in different ways. We go to school and supposedly learn every day, but it explored what we are actually doing.
Learning as a product focuses on the end outcome. Sajlo's research says some people describe learning as memorizing information that can be reproduced. The first thing that comes to mind to support this theory is when I had to memorize all the counties in Florida. I remember sitting at my kitchen table, making flash cards and memorizing each county to reproduce the information on a test at the end of the week. This supports learning as a product on a small scale. I also think about the kids who compete at the National Spelling Bee. They memorize how to spell thousands of words to reproduce it to the judges or audience to prove how much they learned and how much time they spent memorizing.
Some people describe learning as a process because it isn't necessarily something you have to be conscious of doing. It's the idea of learning through experience. It reminds of how everyone makes mistakes, and we learn from them. For example, in the kitchen you overcook your chicken. You don't stop and say, "look what I learned," but you know next time you won't cook it as long. This is a gradual process that took trial and error to learn, and it is a way some people view learning as well.
I identify most with the social/situational orientation of learning. I learn best from people and social experiences. For instance, I feel like I have learned the most from my parents. I grew up learning their values and from their personal experiences, and I apply the same values and experience to my life. If I need advice, I go to my friends, and I trust their opinions. I learn by doing. For example, when I learn various computer programs, I don't learn if someone just tells me what to do. I have to use the program in order to be comfortable with it.
