Learning

by Hla Min

Updated : July 2025

There are several ways to classify learning.

Four Pillars of Learning

• Learning to know — both formal (via schooling) and informal (via senses)
• Learning to do — both formal (via a mentor or supervisor) and informal
• Learning to be — e.g. a professional (doctor, engineer, scientist, public speaker)
• Learning to live — e.g. a happy and fruitful life (with peace and tranquility)

Types

There is meta-learning and efficient learning (e.g. Learning how to learn).

For AI (artificial intelligence), there is Machine Learning (which may be supervised or unsupervised) and Deep Learning (from large sets of data).

Rote learning is not very effective. An effective technique is to perform repetitions (or revisions) at specified intervals.

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