Learning Theories Part 1. Dakota Parks

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Learning Theories

Dakota Parks

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1. Behaviorism

2. Cognitivism

Index

3. Constructivism

Behaviorism

Founded by John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner

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Applications in the Classroom

Behaviorist Teaching Strategies

‘Some of us learn control, more or less by accident. The rest of us go on all our lives not even understanding how it is possible, and blaming our failure on being born the wrong way."

- B.F. Skinner

Cognitivism

Founded by Jean Piaget

• Centers on how information is processed within the mind
• students play an active role in information processing and focuses on developing areas (knowledge, memory, thinking, problem-solving)
• focuses on the mental process of the student's brain and how the learner thinks as a data processor (WGU, 2020).

Cognitivism and Learning

"Every response, whether it be an act directed towards the outside world or an act internalized as thought, takes the form of an adaption, or better of a readoptation."

- Jean Piaget

Constructivism

Founded by Lev Vygotsky, Jean Piaget, and John Dewey

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• .Students learn by doing
• Students construct what they learn and create their own understanding
• Active participation
• New information is linked to old information
• The teacher is a facilitator
• Learning is based on student experiences
• Focuses on reflection and active processing (Western Governors University, 2020).

Principles of Constructivism

Constructivism

"Education is not preparation for life; education s life itself."

- John Dewey

References

Behaviorism. (n.d.). Behaviorism quotes. https://www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/behaviorism.html Constructivism. (n.d.). Constructivism quotes. https://www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/constructivism.html#google_vignette Fabbyquotes.com (n.d.). 16 Best quotes from jean Piaget on cognitive development. https://www.fabbyquotes.com/quotes-from-jean-piaget-on-cognitive-development/#Quotes-by-Jean-Piaget Kurt, Serhat. (2023). Cognitivism learn theory, strategies, and examples. https://www.wgu.edu/blog/what-is-cognitive-learning2003.html NU. (n.d.). Behaviorism in education: what is behavioral learning theory? https://www.nu.edu/blog/behaviorism-in-education/ National University. (n.d.). Constructivism in education: what is constructivism? https://www.nu.edu/blog/what-is-constructivism-in-education/ Western Governors University. (2020). What is constructivism? https://www.wgu.edu/blog/what-constructivism2005.html WGU. (2020). What is cognitive learning? https://www.wgu.edu/blog/what-is-cognitive-learning2003.html

LevVygotsky

Developed Zone Proximal development and Social Development Theory

Jean Piaget

Developed 4 stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

Lead proponent of pragmatismEmphasized the role of experience in education

John Dewey

Behavorism

• Environmental stimuli and consequences shape the behavior
• Learning occurs through a process of operant conditioning
• operant conditioning: reinforcing/ punishing behaviors based on their outcomes (NU, n.d.)

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