Introduction to Learning Theories

EDU622-0603A-01: Applying Learning Theories
Unit 1 IP

Dr. Trude Fawson
American Intercontinental University

June 17, 2006

Introduction
How do we come to know what we know? What is knowledge? These questions are important not only for epistemologists or philosophers who study knowledge, but, as well for those interested in the sciences and education. Whether knowledge is seen as absolute, separate from the knower and corresponding to a knowable, external reality or as seen as part of the knower and relative to the individual's experiences with his environment have far-reaching implications.
In ancient times, people believed that only God could provide glimpses of the ‘real' world. During the Renaissance, the scientific method evolved as the perceived device of uncovering ‘the truth'. Still, the modern view trusts in the ability of science to reveal ‘the world'.
Early epistemological theories emphasized knowledge as being the......

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