Learning theory

Why do we learn theories? Theories help us to understand how children learn. • When we understand children’s development and how they learn we can then choose appropriate teaching techniques to facilitate their learning. • Therefore, three influential theories are selected to help you to become more effective as parents and create optimal learning environments for your children. Jean Piaget (1896-1980), a prominent Swiss philosopher and psychologist…

Lastly, let’s examine Eric and Dylan as it relates to the social learning theory. According to Bandura, we learn through reinforcement and social/ observational learning. However, unlike BF Skinner, John B. Watson and Ivan Pavlov, Bandura believed there was some type of a cognitive narrative taking place as we learn through others. Unlike the prior theorist we have discussed up to this point, Bandura did not differentiate between adults and children. We know that Eric and Dylan had extreme…

Learning is defined in the oxford dictionary as the attainment of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught. It is universally acknowledged that learning is a process that can develop an individual’s knowledge and behaviour; however this process can be changed depending on their ability and facilities surrounding their environment. In this assignment I will be mentioning two learning methods, one that I benefited from and one that I did not with my previous experiences.…

teaching in an inclusion classroom I think the theory that is most effective would be behavioral learning. Slavin states that behavior changes according to immediate consequences, be it positive reinforcement or negative consequences (Slavin 2015 p103). Behavioral learning takes into account that all students are different thus will have different reinforcers and punishers. I currently have a 10 week old puppy who I am training using behavioral learning strategies. Even though children are more…

to improve student achievement with quality instruction that prepares children to influence the future. Philosophical Foundation According to Piaget’s Cognitive Theory, children are born with a very simple and basic mental structure that helps mold a children learning and knowledge acquisition (McLeod, 2009). Piaget’s Cognitive Theory is composed of three basic components, the schemas, the adaptation processes that helps transitions from one stage to the other (equilibrium, assimilation,…

Reflect on a time when you integrated adult learning theory when assisting a teacher with their instructional practices. Prior to my involvement with 4-H, I was a program manager for All 4 Kids. All 4 Kids is a program of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension targeting preschool aged children and their families to address childhood obesity. In that program I was to develop and teach a train-the-trainer course for preschool teachers derived from the All 4 Kids published curriculum.…

Modern Social Learning Theory suggest that “people learn the techniques and attitudes of crime from close and intimate relationships with criminal peers; crime is a learned behavior (Siegel, 2013).” There are four different ways that social learning can be used to explain criminal behavior. First is through differential association, which means that the amount of time that is spent with a person, the frequency that is spent with this person, the priority of this person in one’s life, and the…

Observational learning, also known as social learning is the act of learning by watching others. It is not just in mimicking behaviors, but retaining those behaviors and using them as one’s own behavior at a later time (Argosy Course Notes, 2015). For example, a teacher praises a child for getting the correct answer when matching flash cards, another child is observing this and two days later this child is asked to match the cards and correctly places it (Fryling, Johnson & Hayes, 2011).…

hierarchy of human needs and also Eric Erickson’s theory of development. This theory states that children go through eight different stages in their development and they will be ready for certain concepts at different times in their life because of their brain and psychosocial development. Therefore the early childhood teacher applying this theory must provide a variety of materials and developmentally appropriate choices for the children. Here learning through play can be included. Feelings…

behavior links to a couple of theories I would like to mention that might shed some light…