wk 4 - Learning Theories

Attachments:

Behaviourism (1)

• as a learning theory, is based on a change in knowledge through controlled stimulus/response conditioning.
• known as behavioral psychology
• all behaviors are acquired through conditioning.
• Conditioning occurs through interaction with the environment.
• Behaviorists believe that our responses to environmental stimuli shapes our behaviors.
• are two types of conditioning:
  • Classical conditioning, where the behavior becomes a reflex response to stimulus.
  • Operant conditioning, where there is reinforcement of the behavior by a reward or a punishment.

Cognitivism (1)

• A learning theory, is the theory that humans generate knowledge and meaning through sequential development of an individual’s cognitive abilities,
• such as the mental processes of recognition, recollection, analysis, reflection, application, creation, understanding, and evaluation

 Constructivism (1)

• A theory to explain how knowledge is constructed in the human being when information comes into contact with existing knowledge that had been developed by experiences

Critical Theory (1)

• Critical theorists believe that adult literacy programs should not be confined to teaching specific literacy skills but rather should contextualize instruction within a framework of social activism and societal transformation.

¹ from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_theory_(education)

Connectivism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectivism)

• theory of learning which emphasizes the role of social and cultural context.
• often associated with, and proposes a perspective similar to Vygotsky's 'zone of proximal development' (ZPD), an idea later transposed into Engeström's (2001) Activity theory.
• relationship between work experience, learning and knowledge, as expressed in the concept of ‘connectivity, is central to connectivism, motivating the theory's name.^[2] It is somewhat similar to Bandura's Social Learning Theory that proposes that people learn through contact
• "a learning theory for the digital age" ^[3] indicates the emphasis that connectivism gives to technology's effect on how people live, communicate and learn.
• see http://cck12-brux.blogspot.ca/