Community Learning Development Resource Area 01
UNDERSTANDING LEARNERS
SUMMARY
Learning is a natural and universal human process and all individuals learn. The extent to which each person has awareness and understanding of learning within their life is wide ranging. Some individuals may have little awareness and low expectations of their own capacity to learn, particularly those who believe that they have achieved little through their formal education and training experiences.
Within the context of community development and neighbourhood regeneration work, and capacity building with disadvantaged people, the ‘Understanding Learners’ (01) area of resources explores the nature of people as learners and factors that may have driven, shaped and informed their own capacity for lifelong learning.