Learning Theories (discussants) (2)

• Behaviorism - Behaviorist Theory utilizes key ideas from the work of B.F Skinner, who theorized that learning occurs through a series of rewards or punishments.
• B.F Skinner - who theorized that learning occurs through a series of rewards or punishments.
• Behaviorism - also known as Behavioral Psychology is a theory of learning which states all behavior are learned through a process called "conditioning"
• 2 Primary Types of Conditioning

  1. Classical Conditioning - Ivan Pavlov
  2. Operant Conditioning - B.F Skinner
• Ivan Pavlov - Classical Conditioning
• B.F Skinner - Operant Conditioning
• Constructivism - constructivist see the learners as a constructor of knowledge.

  • New learning is shaped by schemas, which the learners bring to the learning process.
• Jean Piaget - Cognitive Constructivism
• Lev Vygotsky - Social Construct ivism
• Constructivism - learner-centered
• Social Learning Theory - people learn within a social context.
• Social learning

  • Learning is facilitated through concepts such as modeling, observational learning and imitation.
  • "Reciprocal determinism" - a person's behavior, environment and personal qualities are all reciprocally influence each other.
• Albert Bandura - Social Learning Theory
• Albert Bandura - learners learn through observation, imitation, through their peers.
• Jean Piaget - Cognitivism
• Cognitivism - influence of thinking capability or the mind of the learners.
• Cognitive Theory - seeks to explain how the mind works during the learning process.
• Piaget's 4 stages of Development - indicate the learner's ability to understand abstract complex concepts.
• Experientialism - experiential learning theories build on social and constructivist theories of learning, but situate experience at the core of the learning process.
• Carl Rogers - is an influential proponent of Experientialism
• Experiential learning - is "self-initiated learning" as people have a natural inclination to learn; that they are fully involved in the learning process.
• David Kolb - also one of the proponent of experiential learning theory.
• 4 Learning Style by David Kolb

  1. Diverging
  2. Assimilating
  3. Converging
  4. Accommodating