Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective

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Strongly influenced by technology, connectivism focuses on a learner’s ability to frequently source and update accurate information. I understand that such consent is not a condition of any service and that I may opt-out at any time. Instruction is viewed as the “shaping” of behavior, and applications to instructional techniques are provided. It posits that new information can essentially change our worldviews when our life experience and knowledge are paired with critical reflection.

Provide ample support, encouragement, and motivation to your students to help them build confidence and connect with the material. Most learning theories have “an empirical element and a formalised way of study, analysis and conclusion” (Harasim, 2017). Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. Alone, or in combination, they can be applied to activities and the teaching of skills across the spectrum of complexity, curricular format, and class size. Educational theories have come a long way since the days of Socrates and even the pioneers of behaviorism and cognitivism.

Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Harasim (2017) also highlights the role of disciplinary knowledge communities: “Deciding what to study when we seek to explain how people learn or deciding how to teach depends upon our disciplinary beliefs and perspectives”. My choice of these nine theories stems from a synthesis of three major books on learning theories: Schunk (2020), Lefrançois (2019) and Harasim (2017). The following three chapters cover key topics related to learning -- motivation, self-regulated learning, and contextual influences.

Self-regulation, the process of focusing thoughts, feeling, and actions on attainment of goals, is intimately linked to motivation and learning in educational settings. The text is intended for graduate students in schools of education or related disciplines, as well as for advanced undergraduates interested in education.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. She critiques the view that new technologies have led to transformational pedagogies and notes that the most common practice amongst educators has been “to merely add technology onto traditional ways of teaching”. This divide is still present in educational discourse, but there are increasing efforts to lessen it. com you agree to their terms and conditions, privacy notice and acknowledge they may use cookies and pixels for information and analytics gathering. Built on the premise that humans are fundamentally good and will act appropriately if their basic needs are met, HLT prioritizes meeting the unique emotional and academic needs of each learner so that they are empowered to take greater control over their own education.