how Socio-Cultural and Affective Factors Affect the Learning Process.

how Socio-Cultural and Affective Factors Affect the Learning Process.

1. SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS

   • The sociocultural environment is very important in the intellectual development of the individual
     • An individual who grows up in an environment with adequate cognitive stimuli can develop greater intellectual aptitudes in front of a subject who grows up in an environment with a poverty of stimuli
   • Environmental factors directly affect psychophysical performance, acting on concentration and relaxation and creating an appropriate or inappropriate environment for the task of studying
     • It is important an optimal study place: personal room, with ventilation, lighting, table and comfortable seat, silence (stay away from noises that can distract: telephone)
   • Sociocultural theory of Vygotsky
     • Emphasizes the active participation of children with their environment, considering cognitive growth as a collaborative process.
       • Children learn through social interaction and acquire cognitive skills as part of their induction into a way of life.
   • Social interactions and communication with others in a flexible and diverse environment facilitate learning.
     • Learning and self-esteem are reinforced when respectful relationships are established with others, and when they appreciate and accept the potential and unique talents.
       • BY: MICHELLE ESTEFANÍA LÓPEZ ROBALINO
         • ACTIVITY 2.3
           • ENGLISH TEACHING PRACTICUM
   • Importance of social interaction
     • The environmental factors that surround each person: family, neighborhood and socio-economic situation, have a special relevance for the achievement of learning in connection with intrapersonal factors.
       • Poor school performance is not only a bad grade, but behind it there is a whole social, emotional and cultural problem.
         • The number of students who currently live an orphan student life, that is, where the family is completely isolated from the teaching-learning process.

2. AFFECTIVE FACTORS

   • There are four levels in which our emotional states can affect our learning
     • 1) In an initial stage (predisposition, motivation, interest)
     • 2) In an intermediate stage (perseverance, persistence, regularity of the study)
     • 3) In an obstacle stage (handling difficulties, frustration or adversity)
     • 4) In a final stage (emotional balance in the examination of our knowledge or in the application of the same).
   • Moods greatly influence attention and work capacity, the transfer of this evidence to the field of learning seems to be more difficult.
     • Learning, and that a good diet, as well as healthy and sufficient sleep, are essential for the intellectual faculties to develop.
       • It is beginning to become aware that an emotionally favorable environment is a determining factor in the learning process.
   • Examples of emotional problems
     • It is the separation of the couple and the divorce of the parents.
     • Change of school or house.
     • Problems of socialization in school.
     • Problems with students
     • Lost of some family member.