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===== About cognitivism ===== | ===== About cognitivism ===== | ||
- | One of the first criticism of [[learning_paradigms:behaviorism|behaviorist learning]] 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 [[glossary: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. |
- | [[: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:Gestalt Psychology]] - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wertheimer|Max Wertheimer (1880 – 1943)]] | ||
+ | * [[learning_theories:Stage Theory of Cognitive Development]] [[http://www.piaget.org/aboutPiaget.html|Jean Piaget (1896 - 1980)]] | ||
+ | * [[learning_theories:Assimilation Theory]] [[http://www.davidausubel.org/|David Ausubel (1918 - 2008)]] | ||
+ | * [[learning_theories:Social Cognitive Learning Theory]] - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bandura|Albert Bandura (1925 - )]] | ||
+ | * [[learning_theories:Schema Theory]] [[http://www.education.com/reference/article/anderson-richard-chase-1934-/|Richard Anderson (1934 - )]] | ||
+ | * [[learning_theories:Cognitive Load Theory]] [[http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/staff/john-sweller-726.html|John Sweller]] | ||
+ | * [[learning_theories:Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning]] [[http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/mayer/index.php|Richard Mayer]] | ||
- | ===== Learning theories: ===== | ||
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- | * [[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: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 Theory of Multimedia Learning]] ([[http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/mayer/index.php|Richard Mayer]]) | ||
- | * [[learning_theories:Schema Theory]] ([[http://www.ppsis.cam.ac.uk/bartlett/|Sir Frederic Bartlett]]) | ||
- | * [[learning_theories:Stage Theory of Cognitive Development]] ([[http://www.piaget.org/aboutPiaget.html|Jean Piaget]]) | ||
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===== Criticisms ===== | ===== Criticisms ===== | ||
- | Since its development during the 1960s various critics of cognitivism have emerged, challenging its assumption that **mental functions can be compared to a information processing model**. Some authors like John Searle or Roger Penrose claim that computation, **due to its inherent limitations**, can never achieve the complexity and possibilities of mental functions and therefore cannot be successfully used to describe them. **Gödel's incompleteness theorem** or **Turing's halting problem** are often held as proves for this point of view. | + | Since the beginning of its intensive development during the 1960s various critics of cognitivism have emerged, challenging its assumption that **mental functions can be compared to a information processing model**. Some authors like John Searle or Roger Penrose claim that computation, **due to its inherent limitations**, can never achieve the complexity and possibilities of mental functions and therefore cannot be successfully used to describe them. **Gödel's incompleteness theorem**(()) or **Turing's halting problem**(()) are often held as proves for this point of view. |
During the 1970s **humanism evolved as an opposing view to both behaviorism and cognitivism** beginning with the **holistic approach**, belief in the power of an individual and view **learning as a way of fulfilling his potentials**. | During the 1970s **humanism evolved as an opposing view to both behaviorism and cognitivism** beginning with the **holistic approach**, belief in the power of an individual and view **learning as a way of fulfilling his potentials**. |