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Learning Theories Screencast - 3
Learning Theories Screencast - 3
Dr Kay Hack
Dr Sana Al-Mansoori
30/11/2023
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
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Key Learning Theories
+ Behaviourist (Skinner)
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Behaviourist Theories
+ World view: stimulus-response. All behaviour caused in response
to external stimuli. No need to consider internal states or
consciousness
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Cognitivism
+ Focus on inner workings of the mind ‘black box’ – thinking,
knowing, problem-solving
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Cognitivism
+ Stages of intellectual capacity and readiness to learn
(Piaget)
+ Components of Cognitive Development (Vygotsky) –
symbols, language, Zone of Proximal Development
+ Measurement of intelligence - IQ tests, general
intelligence, theories of multiple intelligence
+ Growth Mindsets (Dweck)
+ Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
+ Taxonomies of cognitive complexity (Bloom)
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Social Constructivism
+ Learning is social and constructed. We actively construct our own
subjective representations
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Constructivist, Social and Situational
Theories
+ Emphasise context, communities and interaction
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Situated learning/Communities of Practice
(Lave & Wenger, 1991)
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Different Types of Learning
Theory
‘Each (theory) emphasises different aspects of learning,
and each is therefore useful for different purposes. To some
extent these differences in emphasis reflect a deliberate
focus on a slice of the multi-dimensional problem of
learning, and to some extent they reflect more fundamental
differences in assumptions abut the nature of knowledge,
knowing, and knowers, and consequently what matters in
learning.’ (Wenger, 2009, p210)