Who Learns Faster Children Or Adults?
By priyavivek
@priyavivek (681)
India
November 25, 2009 5:52am CST
Hi friends, Small children seem to learn quickly, while adults sometimes appear to lose the ability to pick up new subject such as languages, music, games or computer programs.
In just a few years, children can learn how to play a musical instrument, speak one or even two languages and deal with many subjects at school. They even have time for sports and hobbies and becomes experts in their favourite passtimes. children's brains have a natural ability to absorb new information as part of their developmental growth.
Adults on the other hand supposed to be poor learners. Adults have many skills that compensate for the decline in the ability of the brain to grasp and remember new material. They can organize their learning by setting times for reading or practice. They can build on skills and experiences they know already. Adults are busy with their families and work, and some adults may feel that further learning is pointless, since they have already achieved their goals at work or in their personal life.
What is your opinion friends? Who learns faster children or adults?
I will say that children learns much faster than adults.
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20 responses
@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
25 Nov 09
It is said that the brain of children under 5 years old is like a dry sponge absorbing water of knowledges. That is why the ages between 0-5 years old, is called the golden age of growth.
In these years, children learn more than any adults in this world would be able to learn. They learn not only technologies and modern way of living, they also absorb almost anything in their environment, even without the ability to filter the good and the bad of it.
They would learn, as you said, priyavivek, music, language, verbal, non verbal, images, physical activities... in this age, whatever you told them, they would memorize it faster than the computer. That's the wonder of human brain.
After the golden age, children has acquired all the basic ability for survival, they started to learn more and more, but not as fast as when they were younger. And adult? I think some adults are able to learn faster than other adults because they have methods and higher level of intelligence, but if you compare between children and adult, of course children in golden age learns faster, better and much more.
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@priyavivek (681)
• India
25 Nov 09
thank you klaudine for your response. children in golden age learns faster , better and much more. adults have no time for learning and have time only for finding money and money
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@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
25 Nov 09
Very much agreed,Klaudine. The reason though that children learn their mother tongue quite fast is because they are confronted with it on a daily basis, every hour of the day if not every minute. If adults were able to take a year off and would be dropped in another country with no other language to survive, you would learn fast. We are spoiled because we know other ways to translate and allmost everyone speaks a little English, but otherwise you should be able to learn the language quite quick. Research has pointed this out. That's why studying abroad is recommended more and more nowadays.
@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 09
I'm thinking that small children definitely have the overall advantage when it comes to learning. Still, it's never too late to learn and I like the idea that you can start learning something new no matter what your age. I love to read and I have this idea that if I continue to read for the rest of my life and never give this up then there's a good possibility that my brain will remain healthy. I'm not certain about this but I'm sure that I heard somewhere that if you constantly use your brain then you will protect it from so called diseases like alzheimers and conditions like that, I don't know whether this is true or not, I really hope it is. Andrew
@chiumee (850)
• Philippines
25 Nov 09
very well said Andrew. the grandmother of my wife is just as amazing as she is with her 95 years young. she does keep reading till today. mostly the newspaper to keep her updated with the current events from politics to entertainment. to my amazement, she remembers the birthdays of her children, children's children and even until the third generation and her in-laws' birthdays, she also remembers. so even if one is a great grandparent and has an open mind in learning new things, chances are always open.
@WBtheMP3guy (227)
• United States
25 Nov 09
Children seem to be sponges when it comes to learning new tings, especially at an early age. I know a man whos daughter fluently speaks 5 languages, and she learned them all before the age of seven years old. He only speaks 2, English and Russian (yes, he's a russian immigrant). Adults weem to be more set in their ways and have more trouble learning new things, for the most part. children tend to do things because the dont know the those things are "impossible" so to speak. Languages, I think, are the hardest thing for an adult to learn, but it's not impossible. Adults just try to learn them wrong is all. I'm learning mandarin Cinese, and, while being a little difficult, I'm finding it fun and therefore not nrarly as hard as it could be. My website, https://www.wjbglobalunlimited.com/ is chock full of language learning programs that work exceptionally well. Not only are they fun and easy, but they're a lot cheaper than going to college, and most have a free 6 or 7 day trial.
@WBtheMP3guy (227)
• United States
25 Nov 09
Ok, so I should really proof-read before I post, shouldn't I? I'm using my laptop keyboard instead of a real one, so I guess these typeos should be expected.
@deepasubramani (1074)
• India
25 Nov 09
Hi priya,
It depends, Few childrens in certain age learn things very fast they grasp easily what ever we tell when teaching them.Now the generation children have become like that. In cetain cases there are childrens who do not show learn anything after you tell them repeatedly also. There are also things where adults or parents learn from there childrens.
@priyavivek (681)
• India
25 Nov 09
hi deepasubramani thank you for your response. in a recent research it was proved like children can learn and observe more within their 4 years however complex it may be.
@poster123 (51)
• Bulgaria
25 Nov 09
Scientists say that children learn faster than adults. But in my opinion that is because adults are very nervous and worried about so stupid things and don't have will and patience to learn. So everybody has the chance to learn if wants and thinks that it is nessesary. That is just a personal choice.
@eddify (412)
• Pakistan
27 Nov 09
Thats true the childern learn more quickly then an adult. But there are some adults who learn quickly as well. It is more by the attitude then by methods employed. The mond of adults is occupied on various things that dont let them concentrate on the things that they need more.
For example my youger nephew knows more about computer then his parents.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
26 Nov 09
When it comes to the basic things that we need to learn as human beings, I think that it is children that learn quicker. In just the span of a year their vocabulary is able to go from just a few words to more words than the parents are able to count as just one example. I also feel this way because the world is so new to a child that everything is interesting to them. However, when it comes to adults we are often bored by the world.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
25 Nov 09
Hi priyavivek,Well,as i observe now adays,children are very curious about modern technology.It is the children who learn faster than adults,because they were very interested of what is new and they're still studying.It is easy to them to search every thing that they want..While adults are very busy to find money for the needs of the family.Working hard for the future.Thanks,God Bless!
@priyavivek (681)
• India
25 Nov 09
thank you friend for your response you are correct adults are very busy to find money for the needs of the family and working hard for the future.
@neelimaravi (1793)
• India
25 Nov 09
hi priya, now-a-days, childrens are more brilliant than parents or adults, because they grasp easy what we told. till 7yrs, what we teach them they can observe easily and they can learn many languages also. thankyou, have a nice day.
@priyavivek (681)
• India
25 Nov 09
thank you neelimaravi for your response. you are right till 7 years they can observe very very fastly because of the growth and development of the brain. they can observe the pictures easily and they can learn many languages also at this age.
@neilrescue44sdn (20)
• Philippines
26 Nov 09
For me Children can learn faster than an adult, according to my experience adult can't understand sometimes ,,because their age are older and sometimes can't understand because there's other thing he/she thinks..
@shiva_rose (8)
• India
26 Nov 09
Adults are busy with their families and work,and some adults may feel that further learning is pointless, since they have already achieved their goals
@mawong79 (215)
• Malaysia
26 Nov 09
I will say that children learns much faster than adults. I believe babies will read....From ages 0-3, this is a time when the child is fast absorbing information and is extremely eager to learn. It is important to provide as much as a baby needs. Children grow and mature faster than parents think.
@madie8008 (209)
• Malaysia
26 Nov 09
I think an adult's brain should be more capable of learning new things better than children. This is because, it already fully developed and so many cells that can host data and information it gets from its surrounding. Some adults may look slow learner because they are less motivated, do not accustom with that kind of information, lack of interest and lack of confident. If the adults can learn like the way of the children who are more willingly to learn, they should surpass them in any way.
@chiumee (850)
• Philippines
25 Nov 09
thank god there are adults who prepare the hope of the future - the children of today. well, i would say children are learning fast enough to catch up with all about latest things and stuffs to learn. but these things would not have been learned by kids today if it weren't found by few adults. now, in the case of the adults, here they are, already set for their life's tasks till possibly their whole life and are only focused with it. to think about getting into other things and learn anew will just distract them and overload their currently closed minds. so, it's not about being faster in learning i guess, but it's a matter of setting one's mind to learn new things and accept them. and to top it all, i hope there will be more enthusiastic people to teach the elders and to teach with patience.
@bucketkid (237)
• Australia
26 Nov 09
of course children learn more quickly. think about what a toddler achieves between the ages of 3 and 6. to talk more clearly, to write, to ride a bike, to begin to read.
and then think about what may be learnt between the ages of 33 and 36. definately not much comparitevly.
there is so much to learn while we are small and we take in as practice as much information as we can.
i think we continue to learn until we die but the amount we learn becomes exponentially smaller.
@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
26 Nov 09
I think children learn fast than adults because if you going to teach your kids playing instruments or other language they can easily learn it compare to adults. They can easily absorb new things that's why many parents now a days teaching there children to speak other language or to play instruments.
@carenxinxin (40)
• China
26 Nov 09
hello,in my oppinion,small children woulb be learn quickly.The small children know nothing when they come to the world,then they just like a big container to recieve the knowledge as well as the skills from outward.As a result,they learn so fast,but no direction.in other way,adult may more mature than the small children,they are able to learen by themselves and directly.All in all,if we learn hard,everyone will learn fast.
@naojquimps (53)
• Philippines
26 Nov 09
Children learn faster than adults. I even tried to taught an adult and a child. Actually, I was teaching English subject to Korean students before. The lesson was just the same, the quizzes, and everything. But I really did observed that a child could learn faster, grasp new ideas easily and has long retention compared to an adult.
@Humanalex (31)
•
25 Nov 09
Children definitely. I picked up a new language quickly when I was younger, but find it impossible now as an adult!
