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Learning Theories Part 1 : Behaviorism, Cognitivism & Humanism
Welcome everyone to this podcast series on Learning Theories.
Here are the key points of this episode :
1.
The forgetting curve is a graph and it shows the rate at which information is forgotten over time when we don’t do anything to retain it.
What it means is that learners will quickly forget what they've learned in a matter of days or weeks, unless the information is consciously reviewed.
To tackle this challenge, knowing some learning theories and applying some of their practices can help increase the chances of us remembering what we’ve learned.
All the learning theories came from various research work and experiments of psychologists and they offer frameworks and explanations on how people absorb, process and retain information.
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2.
Behaviorsim suggests that we learn and form our habits through our interactions with the environment and our behaviors are the result of our experience from positive and negative conditioning
In a learning environment, you may have seen educators implement this. When learners behave and perform well they get rewarded and when learners misbehave or don’t do well they get some kind of punishment.
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4.
Cognitivism or Cognitive Learning Theory asks us to look at our cognitive or mental processes and how they can be impacted by external and internal factors.
If these processes are working normally, it’s easier to learn. But if something is off with them, you can have difficulties.
By understanding the role of these processes, we can navigate the internal and external factors that impact these.
Cognitive processes involve the range of activities happening in our brains and they shape our interactions with the world, influence our actions including how we learn.
Mental processes such as sensation, attention, memory, comprehension, reflection, rumination, associative thinking, reasoning and logic, problem solving, creativity, decision making, planning, emotions and motivation
All of these cognitive processes can enable us to learn more quickly especially when multiple processes are combined together.
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5.
Humanism or Humanistic Learning Theory suggests that we are inherently good and that don't really need rewards and punishments to do the right thing as what Behaviorism suggested, instead we are driven by feelings.
It also emphasizes on our freedom and autonomy as learners and it is our perceived utility of the knowledge that will impact our motivation and ability to learn.
Another point of Humanism is the idea that there's a link between Self-actualization and Learning, that the more fulfilled you are, the more you can learn or want to learn.
This gives us the idea that if we are upset, sad, distressed, tired, hungry or feeling the slightest discomfort, we are less likely to be able to focus on our learning or won’t even have as much attention to give to it. So all of the learners' needs should be met first in order for them to learn well.
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By Jardine OngWelcome everyone to this podcast series on Learning Theories.
Here are the key points of this episode :
1.
The forgetting curve is a graph and it shows the rate at which information is forgotten over time when we don’t do anything to retain it.
What it means is that learners will quickly forget what they've learned in a matter of days or weeks, unless the information is consciously reviewed.
To tackle this challenge, knowing some learning theories and applying some of their practices can help increase the chances of us remembering what we’ve learned.
All the learning theories came from various research work and experiments of psychologists and they offer frameworks and explanations on how people absorb, process and retain information.
-
2.
Behaviorsim suggests that we learn and form our habits through our interactions with the environment and our behaviors are the result of our experience from positive and negative conditioning
In a learning environment, you may have seen educators implement this. When learners behave and perform well they get rewarded and when learners misbehave or don’t do well they get some kind of punishment.
-
4.
Cognitivism or Cognitive Learning Theory asks us to look at our cognitive or mental processes and how they can be impacted by external and internal factors.
If these processes are working normally, it’s easier to learn. But if something is off with them, you can have difficulties.
By understanding the role of these processes, we can navigate the internal and external factors that impact these.
Cognitive processes involve the range of activities happening in our brains and they shape our interactions with the world, influence our actions including how we learn.
Mental processes such as sensation, attention, memory, comprehension, reflection, rumination, associative thinking, reasoning and logic, problem solving, creativity, decision making, planning, emotions and motivation
All of these cognitive processes can enable us to learn more quickly especially when multiple processes are combined together.
-
5.
Humanism or Humanistic Learning Theory suggests that we are inherently good and that don't really need rewards and punishments to do the right thing as what Behaviorism suggested, instead we are driven by feelings.
It also emphasizes on our freedom and autonomy as learners and it is our perceived utility of the knowledge that will impact our motivation and ability to learn.
Another point of Humanism is the idea that there's a link between Self-actualization and Learning, that the more fulfilled you are, the more you can learn or want to learn.
This gives us the idea that if we are upset, sad, distressed, tired, hungry or feeling the slightest discomfort, we are less likely to be able to focus on our learning or won’t even have as much attention to give to it. So all of the learners' needs should be met first in order for them to learn well.