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2-Learning Theories Flashcards

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Socrates

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • Socrating method of teaching and learning
  • Socratic thinking/dialectic approach
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Socratic thinking/dialectic approach

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  • teacher and students ask open ended questions
  • conversation style of learning
  • student and teacher can arrive at different conclusions
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Plato

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • founded the Academy (free place to study)
  • Rationalism

studied under Socrates

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Rationalism

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belief in the existence of innate or inborn knowledge

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Aristotle

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • Empiricism
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Empiricism

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knowledge and expertise result from our experiences in the real world

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Roman catholic church

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • rote memorization
  • appretice teacher model of learning
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Rote memorization

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verbatim recollection of scripture

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Apprentice-teacher model

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teacher is meant to instruct student to aquire skills through experience

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Rennaisance period

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • focus on combining discrete disciplines

eg: anatomy and art into anatomical drawings

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Martin Luther

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • advocate for accessible education
  • helped form modern public education
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René Descartes

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • believed in innate thinking strategies: pure thinking is a source of knowledge
  • rationalist like Plato
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John Locke

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • believed a child’s mind is a tabula rasa (blank slate) shaped by sensory experiences
  • empiricist like Aristotle
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Jean-Jaques Rousseau

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • proposed educational reform: remove rigid structure and align teaching strategies with child development
  • 5 Stages of Child Development
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Rousseau’s 5 stages of child development

basic stage names + 2 word description

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  1. Early Childhood: physical development
  2. Boyhood: sensory development
  3. Preadolescence: develop reasoning
  4. Adolescence: develop sentiment
  5. Adulthood: self-governing human
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Rousseau’s 1st stage of development

name + age range + detailed description

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Early Childhood: 0 - 6

Physical development
- fed by mother
- loose clothing and large crib
- no beating or shouting
- respect child’s autonomy

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Rousseau’s 2nd stage of development

name + age range + detailed description

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Boyhood: 7 - 9

Sensory development
- play games
- natural experiments outside
- natural consequences

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Rousseau’s 3rd stage of development

name + age range + detailed description

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Preadolescence: 10 - 12

Develop reasoning
- self-directed learning
- teach carpentry

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Rousseau’s 4th stage of development

name + age range + detailed description

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Adolescence: 13 - 19

Develop sentiment
- learn compassion, love…
- perfect reason through sentiment
- begin formal education
- teach religion if desired

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Rousseau’s 5th stage of development

name + age range + detailed description

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Adulthood: 20 +

Self-governing human
- unless you’re a woman… wow
- don’t pursue wealth and temptations
- go to the city to appreciate the finer things
- get a partner

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Immanuel Kant

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • Combining rationalism and empiricism
  • our understanding of the world goes beyond our perceptions
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Edward Lee Thorndike

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • applied scientific approach to the study of learning
  • analyzed the time it took for cats to complete a task with respect to the number of trials
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B. F. Skinner

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • studied factors which affect the rate of learning
  • Operant Conditioning Chamber/Skinner Box
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Jean Piaget

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • analyzed problem solving with age –> cognitive development
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Lev Vygotsky

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • socio-cultural theory of learning
  • led to the development of collaborative learning
  • Zone of Proximal Development
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Zone of proximal development

zone names surrounding it + description + result of being in this zone

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  1. Easy zone: tasks within learners current ability, no assistance needed –> boredom and lack of motivation
  2. Zone of PD: tasks just outside current ability, can be completed with assistance –> best to aquire new knowledge
  3. Too-hard-zone: tasks far beyond current ability, can’t be completed even with assistance –> frustration and disengagement
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Socio-cultural theory of learning

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psychological well being and learning capacity is influenced by social interactions
our cognitive development is influenced by society and culture

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collaborative learning

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learning through older student mentors instead of only a teacher

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John Dewey

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • Learning by doing motto + 4 principles of education
  • Progressive education
  • Responsive classroom approach
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John Dewey’s 4 principles of education

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  1. Experience: experiments, activities…
  2. Discuss: their learning
  3. Interactive: their actions influence the world/classroom
  4. Interdisciplinary: subjects are connected through projects and teaching
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Progressive education

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  • engaging learning activities
  • developmentally matched lessons
  • lessons are socially relevant
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Responsive classroom approach

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learner centered teaching focused on fostering a community of learners

usesexperiential learning

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Maria Montessori

main bullet points and/or theories

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  • Montessori approach to learning
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Montessori approach to learning

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  • learning led by exploration, independence and interest
  • teachers observe, support and facilitate learning

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