wk 4 - Learning Theories: Cognitivism

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Cognitivism as a Pedagogical Philosophy
http://ged578.pbworks.com/w/page/39338511/Cognitivism%20as%20a%20Pedagogical%20Philosophy

Cognitivism

• Premise that humans generate knowledge and meaning through sequential development of an individual’s cognitive abilities, such as the mental processes of recognize, recall, analyze, reflect, apply, create, understand, and evaluate.
• Learning process is adoptive learning of techniques, procedures, organization, and structure to develop internal cognitive structure that strengthens synapses in the brain.
• Learner requires assistance to develop prior knowledge and integrate new knowledge. Learner requires scaffolding to develop schema and adopt knowledge from both people and the environment.
• Purpose in education is to develop conceptual knowledge, techniques, procedures, and algorithmic problem solving using Verbal/Linguistic and Logical/Mathematical intelligences.
• The educators' role is pedagogical in that the instructor must develop conceptual knowledge by managing the content of learning activities.
• This theory relates to early stages of learning where the learner solves well defined problems through a series of stages.
• Cognitivists'  include Piaget; Bruner, Vygotsky

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitivism_(learning_theory)