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Characteristics of the Learner

Characteristics of the Learner. Learner. Personality Heredity Ability Confidence Prior Experience. Personality. Personality refers to an individual’s characteristic way of behaving.

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Characteristics of the Learner

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  1. Characteristics of the Learner Learner Personality Heredity Ability Confidence Prior Experience

  2. Personality • Personality refers to an individual’s characteristic way of behaving. • Personality develops as a result of the individual’s infinite social interactions and learning experiences throughout life. • Coaches describe athletes in terms of observable traits such as consistency, reliability, level of motivation and ability to express feelings.

  3. Heredity • Individuals are endowed with certain characteristics inherited from their parents. These are unchangeable and will limit the dimensions of their potential. • The relative percentage of fast-twitch to slow-twitch fibres • Somatotype • Gender • Height • Conceptual ability

  4. Confidence • Confidence is a firm belief in one’s own ability • Self-confidence is critical not only to improvements in skill acquisition, but also to the performance of many tasks faced in everyday living. • Confidence develops from experiencing success in learning situations.

  5. Prior experience • In a group situation, learners will be quite diverse in terms of background experience. If an individual earlier learned a movement that is similar to one being taught, they have the potential to accelerate the current learning process. This is referred to as the transfer of leaning.

  6. Ability • Ability is seen in the way in which an individual is able to learn, process and implement new skills. Ability incorporates a range of factors such as sense acuity, perception, reaction, time and intelligence, which combine to allow the individual to do readily what is intended.

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