Education of the young child Flashcards
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The theory that behavior is learned through the observation of others as well as through the direct experience of rewards and punishment. - Bandura
Social Learning Theory
Albert Bandura
Social Learning Theory
(observational learning theory)
Bandura found that children learn by observing others. In a classroom setting, this may occur through modeling or learning vicariously through others’ experiences.
Social Cognitive Theory
Albert Bandura’s theory of personality, which emphasizes the importance of observational learning, conscious cognitive processes, social experiences, self-efficacy beliefs, and reciprocal determinism.
Theory that adds concerns with cognitive factors such as beliefs, self-perceptions, and expectation to Social Cognitive Theory.
Social Cognitive Theory distinguishes between enactive and vicarious learning.
Enactive Learning Theory
Enactive learning is learning by doing and experiencing the consequences of your actions
(self-regulation of behavior, goal directed behavior, self-monitoring).
Four elements of observational learning?
Four elements of observational learning:
Attention,
Retention,
Production,
Motivation and reinforcement
Vicarious Learning
Also known as observational learning or modeling;
Component of Social Learning Theory;
Expanded by Albert Bandura;
States that people pay attention to a model and convert the learning into action.
Jerome Bruner
Theories:
Discovery Learning
and
Constructivism.
Bruner suggested that learning is an active process in which a learner construct new ideas or concepts based on knowledge or past experiences.
His constructivist theory emphasizes a student’s ability to solve real-life problems and make new meaning through reflection.
Discovery Learning features teaching methods that enable students to discover information by themselves or in groups.
Discovery Learning
An approach to teaching that gives students opportunities to inquire into subjects so that they discover knowledge for themselves.
Discovery learning encourages students to think for themselves and discover how knowledge is constructed.
John Dewey
John Dewey-
He was a philosopher who believed in
“learning by doing” which formed the foundation of Progressive Education. He believed that the teachers’ goal should be “education for life and that the workbench is just as important as the blackboard.”
Viewed problem solving according to the scientific method as the proper way to think and the most effective teaching method.
Schools should teach learners how to solve problems and inquire/interact with their natural social environments.
Every learner attempts to explore and understand his/her environment.
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget-
This psychologist believed children are born with an innate cognitive ability that must be developed.
He believed intelligence consists of interaction and coping with one's environment and proposed 4 levels: Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operations, & Formal Operations
Ongoing process of arranging information and experience into mental systems or categories.
Organization
Mental systems of categories and experiences
Schemes
Adjustment to the environment.
Adaptation
Fitting new information into existing schemes.
Assimilation
Altering existing schemes or creating new ones in response to new information ……?
Accommodation
Search for mental balance between cognitive schemes and information from the environment.
Equilibration
Actions a person carries out by thinking them through instead of literally performing the actions.
Operations
Four stages of Cognitive Development
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Four stages of Cognitive Development:
Sensorimotor -
0-2 yrs
Involves the senses and motor activity.
Preoperational -
2-7 yrs
The stage before a child masters logical mental operations.
Concrete Operational -
7-11 yrs
Mental tasks are tied to concrete objects and situations.
Formal Operational -
11 yrs - adult
Mental tasks involving abstract thinking and coordination of a number of variables.
Goal of education
Goal of education should be to help children learn how to learn.
Importance of developmentally appropriate education.
Individuals construct their own understanding.
Value of play.
Lev Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky -
1896-1934
Russian developmental psychologist who emphasized the role of the social environment on cognitive development and proposed the idea of
Zone of Proximal Development
Sociocultural Theory
Vygotsky’s theory, in which children acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that makes up a community’s culture through cooperative dialogues with more knowledgeable members of society.
Emphasizes role in development of cooperative dialogues between children and more knowledgeable members of society.
Children learn the culture of their community (ways of thinking & behaving) through interactions.
Zone of Proximal Development
Phase at which a child can master a task if given appropriate help and support.
Scaffolding
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Support for learning and problem solving.
The support could be anything that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.
Private talk.
Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner -
Harvard researcher that has identified
at least
8 types of intelligences:
Linguistic,
Logical/Mathematical,
Bodily/Kinesthetic,
Musical,
Spatial (visual),
Interpersonal (the ability to understand others),
Intrapersonal (the ability to understand oneself), &
Naturalist (the ability to recognize fine distinctions and patterns in the natural world).