Learning Through Memory
Learning, in all its forms is educates man by providing him with knowledge and making him intellectually superior to utilize the acquired information aptly in the required situations. Be it an educated personal or an illiterate person, almost everyone undergoes this learning process in some way or the other. An educated person learns through certain theories, books and practical taught to him in his school, college or university while an uneducated person acquires the knowledge from the nature, either by observing his elders or by the surrounding. Both have different forms of knowledge, but hold similar importance for the livelihood.
Human Brain is made up of different forms of memories which enables in the learning process. Amongst which the long term memory is utilized for learning. This long term memory can be broadly classified into two forms declarative memory, which includes a memory which be willfully remembered when required and procedural memory which includes the memory unintentionally stored in our brain. Declarative memory deals with facts and events for instance an incident happened to you in the class or on the road while procedural memory which deals with the skills you acquired or learned for instance learning new language. Declarative memory is further classified into episodic memory which deals with personal experiences and semantic memory which deals with factual information.
Declarative memory can be simply described as a chunk of information that can be easily expressed through words. We tend to memorize our best friend’s telephone number as we call him numerous times a day; this is the form of declarative learning. Declarative learning enables the learning process which benefits education and results in personal development. Declarative Learning explores different horizons which are language based and results in analytical approach while procedural memory does not involve any language component but the applications can be performed unintentionally.
Learning process is a distribution of declarative learning and procedural learning. While you learn something, you utilize both the memories to comprehend the information delivered. When you are taught certain activities, you try to comprehend it with both the forms for instance when you are learning to drive a car, you try to understand the procedure through the instructor, you try to memorize the names of the different parts of the car like clutch, gear, etc, This is the learning form where declarative memory can be used. When you finally learn to drive the car, you can drive it even after certain years of gap without forgetting a single step; this is the learning form where procedural memory is used. Both the memories are complementary elements in the process of learning.
Learning is human tendency. He tries to learn from all the aspects delivered from the nature and can be accessed by his mind. Be it declarative learning or procedural learning, both the learning forms teach him some important aspects which help him to vibrantly grow his intellect and develop his personality that results in his overall development. Learning gifts a person with knowledge which he utilizes to acquire progress and bring improvement in the society he is actually a part of.
