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===== About cognitivism ===== | ===== About 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. | + | 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 was as a dominant [[:learning_paradigms|learning paradigm]] 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 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**. | + | [[:glossary#cognition|Cognitive]] approach to learning, unlike behavioral, |
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+ | * sees learning as the **active** acquisition of new knowledge and developing adequate **mental** constructions, | ||
+ | * sets the **learner** as the **locus of control** and not just as a passive participant in the process of learning, | ||
+ | * attempts to open the "black box" of his mind and **explain** complex **cognitive processes**. | ||
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+ | 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: ===== |