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    Communication and Learning Theories

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    In ten pages this paper examines various learning and communication theories in an overview of sociocultural obstacles and strategic applications. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    by 10/2001 Please Introduction The theoretical views of communication in general can be applied to the interactions that occur  in the classroom setting. Understanding fundamental learning theories, including learning theories that focus on the factors that influence interpersonal and group communications, should be assessed when considering the implications  of communication theories on the process of learning. Educators seeking a better processes for addressing their students and students who seek positive interactions with their educators, should recognize that  communication is not a direct process and that effective communication takes into account social, cultural and personal variables. Conceptual View of Communication West and Turner described communication as "a  process in which individuals employ symbols to establish meaning and interpret meaning in their environment." Similarly, Cronkhite defined human communication has something that has "occured when a human being  responds to a symbol." In contrast, Stevens described communication as a "discriminatory response of an organism to a stimulus, while Miller based the definition of communication in its central  interests, which are those "behavioral situations in which a source transmits a message to a receive with conscious intent to affect the latters behaviors." All of these definitions connote  the connection between the process of communication and the individual communicating, whether a general organism or a human being, but variations exist in regards to whether communication necessitates the presence  of another organism or human being. This premise suggests that there are varied perspectives on whether communication is a process that must be received or if the communication  can simply exist in and or itself. In other words, if communication is a response to stimuli, the response could occur whether there is another organism to perceive the 

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