Learning Sciences Theories - Overview of Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism

🎓 Teaching is not easy, but research provides insights on how to design effective teaching and learning environments.

🔬 Learning sciences theories help understand how learning happens in the brain.

🧠 Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism are three important theories in the learning sciences.

🧠 Behaviorism believes that human behavior is conditioned by external factors and personal interests have little role in learning.

💡 Behaviorist strategies, such as classical conditioning, are used in advertising and can be useful in teaching practical skills.

🧪 Cognitivism criticized behaviorists for their rigid stimulus-response worldview and introduced a new learning theory.

🧠 Cognitivists focus on the inner processing performed by humans and believe that people can choose to learn what they want.

🔨 Assimilation and accommodation are important processes in integrating new learning into an individual's schema.

🎓 Constructivism, founded by Piaget, emphasizes the role of active learning and the construction of knowledge by the learner.

📚 Constructivists believe that knowledge is constructed, not passively absorbed.

🧠 Constructivists view learning as an active process, not just a passive storage of content.

👥 Social interaction plays a significant role in learning according to constructivists and Lev Vygotsky.

📚 Learning sciences theories include behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism.

🤝 There is a 'zone' in between what a person can do on their own and what they cannot do even with help, called the 'proximal development' zone.

🧠 Embodied cognitivism suggests that our bodies play a role in processing information. Children using their fingers to count is an example of this.

🧠 Embodied cognitivism suggests using multi-sensory learning experiences to aid understanding of abstract concepts.

👥 Hand gestures play a significant role in learning and teaching, conveying additional information and influencing the speaker's thought process.

📚 The main learning theories covered in the video are behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism.

📚 Behaviorism focuses on learning through reinforcement, repetition, and reward.

💻 Cognitivism views learning as an information processing process that involves interpretation and evaluation.

🌍 Constructivism sees learning as an active process where reality is individually constructed based on life experiences, including social learning and embodiment.