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Learning theory and research have long been the province of education and psychology, but what is now known about how people learn comes from research in many different disciplines. This chapter of the Teaching Guide introduces three central learning theories, as well as relevant research from the fields of neuroscience, anthropology, cognitive ...
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he origins of some aspect of learning. Before considering influential educational theo-ries of learning, in Chapter 2 we believe it is important to define the term ‘theory’ and to explore the differe. ces between a theory and a philosophy.Chapter 4 introduces the theories of Pavlov (1849–1936), Thorndike (1874–1949), Watson (.
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Self-Determination Theory is a theory of motivation and personality that addresses three universal, innate and psychological needs: competence, autonomy, and psychological relatedness. Originators: Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan, psychologists at the University of Rochester.
Learning is a lifelong activity and fundamental to education. And the study of learning is crucial for everyone who wants to live a fulfilling life and help others do so. The better we understand learning, the better we can determine how to improve it. Over the past several years, the study of learning by researchers has continued at a strong pace.
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- THE LEARNING PROCESS
- THE BRAIN PLAYS A ROLE
- THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
- LEARNING IS BASED ON ASSOCIATIONS
- LEARNING OCCURS IN CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS
- PEOPLE LEARN IN DIFFERENT WAYS
- PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THEIR OWN LEARNING, AND THEIR FEELINGS MATTER
- WHAT TEACHERS CAN DO TO ASSIST LEARNING
- TEACHING IS A PROCESS OF ORGANIZING THE ENVIRONMENT
- TEACHING IS A PROCESS OF ORGANIZING KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION, AND ACTIVITIES
- TEACHING IS A PROCESS OF ORGANIZING PEOPLE
- DEFINITION OF A THEORY
- UNIT QUESTIONS
- UNIT OBJECTIVES
- Center for Dewey Studies
- Explorations in learning and instruction: The Theory into Practice Database
- About Learning
- Issues and debates: Educational theory links
- The School Improvements Program (SIP)
“Inside the Learning Classroom: Theory into Practice” presents a body of learning theory for classroom teachers to use to support their students’ learning. This course addresses the relationships among fundamental aspects of the learning process, as we understand it today (PLT syllabus, 2001). Through examples of teaching and learning in practice ...
The mind is set up to process outside stimuli, to make sense of them, and to draw connections. We know that while there are critical periods for motor and sensory development, the development of the brain is lifelong, and not predetermined at birth or within in the first three years. However, psychologists have observed that individuals do progres...
People learn by making sense of the environment and of stimuli around them. Greater perceptual development and learning occur in environments that are rich with stimuli and provide useful feedback in response to a learner’s efforts to act upon the environment. The nature of the tasks confronted, the ways in which information is presented, and the...
Learning is a process of drawing connections between what is already known or understood and new information. Thus, prior knowledge is important to the learning process. People make connections and draw conclusions based on a sense of what they already know and have experienced. Learning can be viewed, in part, as a matter of encoding and storing...
The associations people make and understandings they develop are dependent upon and influenced by what is valued and what is experienced at home, in the community, and within the classroom learning environment. Culture influences the knowledge and experiences people bring to the classroom, the ways in which they communicate, the expectations that ...
Identifying individual differences among learners can help us to better understand and guide the learning process. People can be seen as possessing a number of intelligences beyond the linguistic and logical-mathematical abilities typically emphasized in schools. Learners also possess inter- and intrapersonal intelligences, musical, kinesthetic, ...
Both thoughts and emotions shape the learning process. Metacognitive skills —being able to think about and monitor one’s own thinking — enable learners to manage their learning process, to learn difficult new concepts, and to problem-solve effectively. Good metacognitive thinkers are also good intentional learners; they are able to redirect the no...
Teachers can be more effective in their work if they teach in ways that are compatible with the natural processes of learning. How can what we know about learning help us to think about effective teaching? What is the teacher’s role in student learning? The following points are emphasized throughout the series:
Effective teachers can organize the environment to provide students with active, hands-on learning and authentic tasks and audiences. Opportunities for “active” learning experiences, in which students are asked to use ideas by writing and talking about them, creating models and demonstrations, applying these ideas to more complex problems, and con...
Teachers can organize information in the environment by taking into account how people process information, and by linking learning to prior experience and prior knowledge. Learning with understanding is more likely to occur when students are provided with categories of understanding, or concepts, as opposed to an unrelated body of facts. By usin...
Much learning occurs in groups and among individuals engaged in tasks together. Students learn from each other and from adults outside the school as well as from their classroom teachers. Effective teachers organize learning opportunities in social contexts by enabling students to learn together. Teachers can create a sense of community within th...
theory is a way of thinking and a model of how things work, how principles are related, and what causes things to work together. Learning theories address key questions, for example, how does learning happen? How does motivation occur? What influences students’ development? A theory is not just an idea. It’s an idea that is a coherent explanati...
How have philosophers, psychologists, and educators thought about the learning process over the course of history? What is the relationship between learning theory and teaching practice?
Acquaint students with the central debates and major concepts in the history of learning theory Introduce students to the main themes of the course and key ideas about the learning process and teacher assisted learning Discuss the relationship between theory and practice
http://www.siu.edu/~deweyctr/index.html Based at the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, this center provides extensive information and history about John Dewey's life and research. Discussion groups and links are included.
http://tip.psychology.org/ Entries from the learning theory sections of the online JSU Encyclopedia of Psychology. Organized by theories, domains, and concepts. Provides resources to other web sites.
http://www.funderstanding.com/about_learning.cfm This site provides an overview of major learning theories from Funderstanding. Includes information about constructivism, behaviorism, Piaget, Vygotsky, and others.
http://www.und.ac.za/users/murrell/classrm/theoryed.html A collection of links to web sites that cover a number of topics in educational theory and history from Interactive Instructional Material Research and Resources.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SIP/ School.Improvement@ed.gov Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, SIP consists of a number of freestanding organizations that support education reform.
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Lave and Wenger (1991) illustrated their theory with examples of different apprenticeships (midwives, tai-lors,U.S.Navy quartermasters,butchers,and nondrinking alcoholics). Initially, people join these communities and watch, as the theorists suggest, from the sidelines (they call this peripheral participation).
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Elucidating the key concepts of learning, Contemporary Theories of Learning provides both the perfect desk reference and an ideal introduction for students. It will prove an authoritative guide for researchers and academics involved in the study of learning and an invaluable resource for all those dealing with learning in daily life and work.
