THEORIES Flashcards
List down the Learning Theories and their Proponents.
Cognitive Learning Theory - Jean Piaget
Social Development Theory - Lev Vygotsky
Social Learning Theory - Albert Bandura
Situated Learning Theory - Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger
- Constructivism
Jean Piaget
o Children are born with a very basic mental structure (genetically inherited and evolved).
- Constructivism
Mind’s natural tendency to organize information into related, interconnected structures.
Organization
Mental representation of some physical or mental action that can be performed on an object or phenomenon.
Schema
adjustment to the world.
Adaptation
ADAPTATIONS HAPPENS THROUGH
Assimilation
Accommodation
Equilibration
The process by which people translate incoming information into a form they can understand.
Assimilation
The process by which people adapt current knowledge structures in response to new experiences.
Accommodation
The process by which people balance assimilation and accommodation to create stable understanding.
Equilibration
Child begins to develop an understanding of what a dog is from a picture book.
Initial Schema
Child expresses disequilibrium. Child is actively constructing schema about dogs. Child assimilates information and returns to state of equilibrium.
Schema Forming
Child expands understanding of what a dog is by observing one in the park.
Child experiences disequilibrium. The child’s schema about dogs does not include barking.
Assimilation Process
While the child is in a state of disequilibrium, he/she is actively constructing meaning. He/she is building internal schema or adding information to the existing schema.
Assimilating
The parent affirms and reinforces the new information. Assimilation is occurring. Disequilibrium resolves. Schema is organized to incorporate new information.
Assimilating
Child returns to a state of equilibrium.
Assimilation Occurred
Now the child sees a cat in the park. A new schema must be formed to acknowledge this is a different animal, even it has some of the same traits as the dog.
Accommodation
Checking the traits
Accommodation Process
Child is in disequilibrium. He/she is actively constructing meaning.
Accommodating
The child returns to a state of equilibrium. A schema about cat has been formed.
Accommodation Occurred
STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
- Sensorimotor
- Preoperational
- Concrete Operational
- Formal Operational
objects continue to exist even though they cannot be seen or hear.
- Object Permanence