education. why is it important to obtain a job in the future. to know how to raise a family
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By Samantha Fummerton
Why is it important
To obtain a job in the future.
To know how to raise a family
My inspiration!
I want to inspire young children to become excited about learning!
They should WANT to learn They should know the MEANING
behind what they are learning
Definitions of learning…Behaviorist Cognitive Situative
Using repetition and memorization to learn “what”
Using schemas and prior knowledge to learn “how”
Being a part of a bigger learning community to learn the “meaning”
Educational Psychology
The study of teaching, learning,
development…
Learning about learning!
A young science…
“science” was just getting big at the end of the 19th century
philosophy and psychology – the same?
Still arguing about what “science” is!
psychology, philosophy, politics – all wrapped up together!
Two different frames
The “theoretical” frame
• Behaviorist• Cognitive• Situative
psychology, philosophy, politics all together!
Who agrees with what??
Behaviorist Cognitive Situative0123456789
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Ed 333 Class results
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The class seemed to have the majority of our learning Philosophies agree with COGNITIVE!
RESULTS!
Behaviorist
example: Thorndike Empiricist associated with associationist,
behaviorist theory learning is forming associations transfer is direct OUT of the head – behavior ONLY
Cognitive
example: Piaget Rationalist associated with cognitive,
constructivist, information-processing theory
learning is cognitive growth, formation of conceptual structures
IN the head
Situative example: Dewey, Vygotsky Pragmatic/Marxist (and much else…) Associated with pragmatism, situative, socio-cultural, socio-
historical, cultural-historical, distributed cognition, situated cognition, legitimate peripheral participation, etc…
learning is enculturating, expanding possibilities for perception and action
OUT of and IN the head Culture Distributed cognitions Internalization
Now, back to the beginning…
Looking again at my definition of “learning”
My definition of learning is Cognitive!
Which one do youAgree with??