LEARNING (Third Order)
Charles François (2004). LEARNING (Third Order), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1895.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1895 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics, Methodology or model |
- “Those learnings which constitute changes in 2d order learning” (1973, p.220).
At this level, we already have learning to learn processes. Actually BATESON first proposed to call these phenomena “deutero-learning” and later on “trito-learning”, expressions which never became firmly rooted into usage.
In a hierarchy of learning processes, 3d order learning implies the capacity to understand and to modify conditioning through a better appreciation of context and thus, up to a point, to reconstruct behavioral or mental patterns.