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I would urge the cohort to focus on creating and adapting learning materials in this week. Till now we have understood the learning needs, set learning objectives, created a program structure / learning architecture and now it is time to create or … Continue reading
Last week we decided to stay on the same topic i.e learning theories so that we could have the time to introspect and reflect. Anila requested participants to share their personal experiences with the learning theories over the course of … Continue reading
MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE 5 LEARNING THEORIES To make it easy for me to remember and reflect i am dividing my life so far into Preschool School College Professional course Professional And will take each part and describe the learning … Continue reading
Some issues that confront us: What are the learning theories that we are basing our individual practice on? Do they solve the major issues confronting us: Learner passivity “Have to learn” mentality Need to upskill large numbers of people quickly, … Continue reading
None of the learning theories can completely define the learning process in its entirety. Rather depending on the context in which learning is occurring and the goal of learning, a theory takes predominance. Instructors will have to become adept at … Continue reading
This week (starting 23rd April), I would urge the cohort to focus on: What is a learning theory? Major learning theories Behaviorism Cognitivism Social Learning Constructivism Humanism Major theorists of each theory How does a learnng theory impact the learning object … Continue reading
A first grade teacher in order to aid the cognitive processing of her learners can take her learners through a series of learning activities such as giving them pictures of animals, getting them to sort them and do a classification, … Continue reading
Constructivism’s basic principle is that learning is a contextualized, active, and constructive process of constructing knowledge rather than acquiring it. To give an example, today I saw my 4 year old son Romir, playing with “Jenga” and “Hot wheels”, both … Continue reading
After reading the research article “Scaffold instruction at the workplace from a situated perspective” by Klaus Nielsen, Department of Psychology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. I realized that I was using it extensively in my personal and professional life. In our … Continue reading
Key Principles Humanists believe that the purpose of learning is to fulfill one’s potential Core beliefs People are inherently good Possess unlimited potential Learners will tend towards “self actualization”- increased competence, autonomy, freedom, and fulfillment. Involves the whole person, not … Continue reading