Essays on Learning Page 12

Introduction Constructivism and social constructivism are important learning theories for various stages of a child’s development. Constructivism is a theory that involves the use of the learner’s cognitive abilities. It explains that when learning, several processes take place in the mind of a learner. Learning is simply the idea of reorganizing the mind to assimilate…

Definition: It is the process to gain and develop knowledge, skills, potentials, approach and behavior through practice, procedures and events and different programs offered by organization. The line managers and other staff provide guidance and instruction to manage the learning activities. Learning and development is concerned with making sure the organization has the knowledgeable, experienced…

1.0 INTRODUCTION Many courses in the university or school start to use a web-based teaching and learning environment called Learning Management System (LMS). We can see the number of courses using LMS increases in pass 10 years because LMS is an instructional resource tool used in the internet to provide: distance learning courses; an environment…

Introduction I chose to discuss the topic of portfolios in elementary schools because I have only heard positive comments on implementing portfolios into classrooms. I, myself, cannot think of any reasons why a portfolio might hurt a student or teacher but I would like to see if there are any studies that have been done…

thin a context of working with young people we may define a group as a small gathering of young people. Group work may simplistically be described as the study and application of the processes and outcomes experienced when a small group comes together. Konopka (1963) defines groupwork as a method of social work that is…

Behaviorism Cognitivism Constructivism Theorists John B. Watson Edwin Guthrie Edward Thorndike BF Skinner (Schultz & Schultz, 2004) Wolfgang Kohler & Kurt Koffka Jean Piaget Leon Festinger (Schunk, 2004) Jerome Bruner Albert Bandura Carl Rogers Lev Vygotsky (Hergenhahn & Olson, 2004) Theories Laws of frequency & recency Contiguity theory Law of effect, satisfiers and annoyers Operant…

The filmmaker named Laura Simon, was born In Mexico and her family Immigrated to America when she was SIX. She began her career working for a non-profit organization that dealt with immigrant rights and education. Her personal odyssey and involvement with dilemmas of her students led her to the making of Fear and Learning at…

In my role as a teaching assistant I may be involved in any stage of the planning, from long term, to short term. It can vary from something as simple as planning activities on a daily or weekly basis to more in depth planning i.e; topics for the term and subject content. Any feedback that…

Julian Rotter’s greatest contribution in the field of psychology is his development of a Social Learning Theory which sees personality as a result of a person’s interaction with his or her environment. Rotter’s interest in psychology began in high school when he was able to read books by Freud and Adler (Mearns, 2007). The Great…

Describe how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning, delivery and review of learning activities Helping in activities would be delivery, if you pass on ideas, observations or suggestions that would be contributing to planning. Informal discussion with the teacher about what weekly and daily activities that will be taking place. This form…