How people learn

According to which criteria?

according to the learning experience of the learner?

according to "objective" instruments of assessment?

According to "scientific" considerations, based on observation and learning paradigms?

can we explain, why?

do theories of learning help us to understand, why certain ways of learning work better than others?

Since we continue to learn about learning, should not our "learning design" (and our teaching) become better and better over time?

is it possible to design a "best" way of learning?

Is there a "one size fits all" paradigm of learning?

Is there a particular way how, statistically speaking, the majority of people learn?

do individuals all have their own, individual way of learning?

auditive

visual

haptic

What can I do, if my personal, optimal way of learning does not fit the general pattern of what is "scientifically proven" to be best?

Should people be told how to learn best? Or should they rather be encouraged to find out for themselves?

do we learn how to solve a differential equation the same way we learn how to pray or to play guitar or how we learn Spanish vocab?

Are there certain approaches in the "how" of learning, which are suitable for one, but not for another type of content or field of learning?

Do different "ways how people learn" lend themselves equally readily for an integration with technology based teaching methods?

Which "ways how people learn" could profit most from adding technology support?

if no, what makes a particular "way of learning" "technophil" or "technophob" (open or resistetnt, respectively, to the integration of technology) into the learning process.

Could it happen that some technologies have a potential to damage the "way how people learn"? Or is the use of technology always something good, when it comes to learning?

by imitation

Is this a very effective way?

by trial and error

Is the experience of failure a necessary part of learning?

Why does this seem to be a rather effective learning strategy?

Are there certain learnig areas where this approach is unsuitable?

by following an inspiring book or lecture

What makes the difference between an excellent textbook / lecture and a mediocre one?

What will happen to books and lectures as main medium of learning in the age of ubiquitous technology?

Can other media help to extend beyond what books and lectures can do?

Can other media or was of learning ever substitute a good book or lecture? Or are they merely supplements?

through a thorough theoretical understanding of a given task

which kinds of tasks or knowledge can only be learned once the theoretical background is understood?

Is it always desirable / advantageous that a learning process should include elements of "understanding why?"

by frequent repetition (practice, exercise)

what if we repeat the wrong thing? Is it more difficult to un-learn and re-learn than to learn from scratch?

Through personal experience

from a teacher or as an autodidact

which is better?

does that distinction still hold in the online-age?

alone or in a group

which is better?

can modern technology also blur these distinctions?

Or does it depend on the time?

Did people in antiquity or in the middle ages learn differently than we do?

Were mayor developments in educational systems and approaches in modern times (say in the 16-20 century) influenced (motivated) by the way people learn? Or did they, vice versa have an impact on that?

Will people in the near future learn differently than we do? only slightly or fundamentally different?

Does it depend on the culture?

Are western ways of learning the only possible (legitimate) ones?

Which cultural patterns do we need to take into account, when designing learning environments?

Can cross-cultural learning environments lead to some "cross pollination" or "mutual inspiration"? Can we "learn how to learn" from people outside our own cultural sphere?

What can Western civilisation learn fom African approaches to learning?

What can Western civilization learn from Eastern / Asian approaches to learning?

Are "Western" insights into "how people learn", when applied to learning processes in other cultural settings always and by necessity "colonialist"?