Differentiation, Integration and Generalization: The Common Pattern of Learning

If we study the great learning theories side by side, we find many differences in language, emphasis, culture, and method. Some focus on behavior, some on cognition, some on social interaction, some on experience, some on the spirit of the learner and the community.

But beneath these differences, a common pattern appears again and again: learning begins in differentiation, matures through integration, and becomes wisdom through generalization.