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===== About cognitivism ===== | ===== About cognitivism ===== | ||
- | One of the first critics of [[learning_paradigms:behaviorism|behaviorist learning theories]] approach came from [[http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/gestalt.html|gestalt psychologists]] and was related to behaviorist dependencies exclusively on overt behavior. It was the gestalt views of learning that **offered a new approach to learning** that extended beyond behaviorism and set the **basic principles of what is today known** as [[:glossary#cognition|cognitive]] theories. In the 1960s behaviorism as a dominant [[:learning_paradigms|learning paradigm]] was replaced by cognitivism. | + | One of the first criticism of [[learning_paradigms:behaviorism|behaviorist learning]] approach came from [[learning_theories:gestalt_psychology|gestalt psychologists]] and was related to behaviorist dependencies exclusively on overt behavior. It was the [[:glossary#gestalt|gestalt]] views of learning that offered a **new approach to learning** that extended beyond behaviorism and set the **basic principles** of what is today known as **[[:glossary#cognition|cognitive]] theories**. In the 1960s behaviorism as a dominant [[:learning_paradigms|learning paradigm]] was replaced by cognitivism. |
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- | [[:glossary#cognition|Cognitive]] approach to learning, unlike behavioral, sets the **learner as the locus of control** and not just as a passive participant. It attempts to open the "black box" of his mind and **explain complex processes** in it. Cognitivist theories emphasize the **importance of the learner**, especially **his prior knowledge and experiences** as well as **his role of an organized information processor**. | + | |
+ | [[:glossary#cognition|Cognitive]] approach to learning, unlike behavioral, sets the **learner** as the **locus of control** and not just as a passive participant in the process of learning. It attempts to open the "black box" of his mind and **explain complex cognitive processes** in it. Cognitivist theories emphasize the **importance of the learner**, especially his **prior knowledge and experiences** as well as his **role of an organized information processor**. | ||
===== Learning theories: ===== | ===== Learning theories: ===== | ||
* [[learning_theories:Gestalt Psychology]]([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wertheimer|Max Wertheimer]]) | * [[learning_theories:Gestalt Psychology]]([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wertheimer|Max Wertheimer]]) | ||
- | * [[learning_theories:Social learning|Social Cognitive Learning Theory]] ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bandura|Albert Bandura]]) | + | * [[learning_theories:Social Cognitive Learning Theory]] ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bandura|Albert Bandura]]) |
* [[learning_theories:Assimilation Theory]] ([[http://www.davidausubel.org/|David Ausubel]]) | * [[learning_theories:Assimilation Theory]] ([[http://www.davidausubel.org/|David Ausubel]]) | ||
* [[learning_theories:Cognitive Load Theory]] ([[http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/staff/john-sweller-726.html|John Sweller]]) | * [[learning_theories:Cognitive Load Theory]] ([[http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/staff/john-sweller-726.html|John Sweller]]) |