Once Laura realized that Tralin's resistance to learning activities was not defiance or laziness but her lack of competence and confidence, Laura was better able to provide Tralin with the support she needed to persevere and succeed at academic tasks.
"What Went Wrong?" explores the various aspects and consequences of this cultural collision -- military, social, cultural, governmental -- usually with the conclusion that even in those rare instances when Islam overcame its fundamental resistance to learning from the infidel, it was for a specific and limited purpose, generally military.
These incorrect misconceptions may contribute to resistance to learning basic evolutionary and biological principles leaving a considerable portion of the public, who are voters and policy makers, ignorant about the role of natural selection in important public health and ecological issues for our society (Gregory 2009).
Additionally, one of many rationales for teaching about the nature of science in all science courses, but particularly in biology courses, is address philosophical issues that can reduce resistance to learning about biological evolution and thus enhance acceptance of it (Clough, 1994 & 2006; NAS, 1998).
Religiosity, family education level, in-group attitudes, and prior exposure to negative media on evolution all contribute to low acceptance, which, in turn, can increase resistance to learning about evolution (Evans 2013; Barnes et al. 2017b; Brem et al. 2003), so we also include measures of religiosity and family demographic and attitudinal factors.
Student resistance to learning seems to be a common occurrence in college classrooms (Burroughs et al., 1989; Kearney and Plax, 1992).
The domination metaphor does not give rich insights, the flux and transformation metaphor would focus on the object of the ship being used for urban development purposes, and the brain metaphor would focus on the resistance to learn lessons and adapt.
He sees "encounters with resistance" as crucial to learning any craft, even the craft of dwelling.
"In the '80s, there was a resistance among marketers to learning a new culture, learning a new language and learning new forms of media," said Norma Orcí.
Young Americans have understandably responded to this with massive passive resistance, refusing to learn anything at all about the past.
Some level of active learning is required for a study of resistance to active learning; otherwise, there is nothing for students to potentially resist.
