Elemental And Holistic Theories Of Learning Theory

It has been discovered that we as humans, learn from the development of animals. Children and animals are the pathway of knowledge that leads to the critical understandings of how learning is developed and shaped. Bringing together personal and environmental experiences to modify and enrich our behaviors and world views. Throughout this paper, I will discuss important points of learning theories pulled from the Elemental and Holistic models and explain in details the significance of those concepts, and examples of teaching theories. To begin, learning theories fall into two major families, the Behaviorist and Cognitive theories. With several years and dissecting the theories, they have been conceptualized in terms of broader models; Elemental and Holistic models. The elemental model, “represents the …show more content…
S-R theory is designed for the leaner to be active in the learning process. Repetition, reinforcement and the drive is important in accomplishing this theory in order for a reward to take place in the end. Making sure you are thorough with your learners, repeating the main objectives and keeping them engaged in the material, and if there were to be a discrepancy with a learner not recognizing the material, accommodations will take place. The cognitive theory cognitive feedback from the teacher ensures the learner is goal setting and confirms the knowledge is being learned. Providing an environment where there are tools that can be developed for understanding. The teacher should ask questions to redefine the students thinking and recognize if they are wrong. The teacher needs to monitor their progress and ask questions. Motivation and personality theory focuses on promoting intrinsic motivation, arousing the subject matter, maintaining the curiosity, presentations, and helping the students complete and reach their