Monday 3 December 2018

LEARNING THEORIES

LEARNING THEORIES

BEHAVIORISM


Focus:  Learning is produced by changes in one’s behavior with environmental influence
Two main elements are the stimulus and response that produce behavior.

These changes could remain for a longer time with appropriate motivation

Motivation exists in many ways such as:

  • Rewards
  • Incentives
  • Reinforcements

COGNITIVIST THEORY

Focus: One build understanding through mental (thinking) process and interaction with the environment.



CONSTRUCTIVIST THEORY

Focus:  Learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current or past knowledge.

Schema: idea and knowledge in a one's mind

Adaptation: a process of making adjustments

Assimilation: a process when a person receives knowledge and puts in their mind

Accommodation: A person changes his schema (mind) to suit with the new knowledge



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