Bates Book - the Behaviorists Flashcards
“I think, therefore I am”
Rene Descartes
When did Rene Descartes live?
Around 1625
Believed truth and knowledge resided in human beings prior to experience
Rene Descartes
Believed a child is a blank slate (tabula rasa)
John Locke
When did John Locke live?
Around 1650
Was on the “nature” side of the original nature vs. nurture debate
Rene Descartes
Was on the “nurture” side of the original nature vs. nurture debate
John Locke
Where do Cognitivists fall under nature vs. nurture?
Around the middle
Where do Behaviorists fall under nature vs. nurture?
All the way to nurture
Where do Humanists fall under nature vs. nurture?
Closer to nurture than nature
When did Jean-Jacques Rousseau live?
Around 1750
Who wrote Emile?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Believed human beings are inherently good and should be raised in harmony with nature
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Believed teaching should be based on discovery (with covert guidance from the teacher)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
When did John Dewey live?
1859 - 1952
Believed traditional education was too concerned with the delivery of pre-ordained knowledge and not on learner’s learning experiences
John Dewey
Wrote groundbreaking book, Experience and Education, in 1938
John Dewey
When did Paulo Freire live?
1921 - 1997
Brazilian educator who began a literacy program for peasants and slumdwellers in the 1950s and 1960s.
Paulo Freire
Wrote “dialogue liberates - monologue oppresses”
Paulo Freire