Rural Sociology and Psycology

1.7.8.Informal and post-modern theories

Informal theories of education may attempt to break down the learning process in pursuit of practicality.One of these deals with whether learning should take place as a building of concepts toward an overall idea, or the understanding of the overall idea with the details filled in later.

Other concerns are the origins of the drive for learning.Some argue that learning is primarily self-regulated, and that the ideal learning situation is one dissimilar to the modern classroom.Critics argue that students learning in isolation fail.