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learning_paradigms:cognitivism [2011/06/30 12:16] jpetrovic [About cognitivism] |
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| * sees learning as the **active** acquisition of new knowledge and developing adequate **mental** constructions, | * 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, | * 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**, | + | * attempts to open the "black box" of his mind and **explain** complex **cognitive processes** and architecture, |
| * addresses learning with regard to **insight**, **information processing**, **memory**, **perception**, | * addresses learning with regard to **insight**, **information processing**, **memory**, **perception**, | ||
| * emphasizes the role of **prior knowledge** and experiences for learning outcomes, and | * emphasizes the role of **prior knowledge** and experiences for learning outcomes, and | ||
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| - | ===== Human memory system ===== | + | ===== Human memory ===== |
| - | **Memory** is often defined as "//an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences//"(([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory|Wikipedia: Memory.]] Retrieved March 21, 2011.)). Since it has a crucial role in acquisition and retention of knowledge, it was the subject of many researches and an essential part of many cognitivist learning theories. | + | If human cognitive architecture is to be analyzed, then the role and properties of human memory system should also be accounted for. **Memory** is often defined as "//an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences//"(([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory|Wikipedia: Memory.]] Retrieved March 21, 2011.)). Since it has a crucial role in acquisition and retention of knowledge, it was the subject of many researches and an essential part of many cognitivist learning theories. |
| * [[memory_models:A Brief History of Human Memory Systems|A Brief History of Human Memory Systems Research]] | * [[memory_models:A Brief History of Human Memory Systems|A Brief History of Human Memory Systems Research]] | ||
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| * **[[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-is-turings-halting-pr|Turing's halting problem]]** which claims that given a description of a program, it is impossible to decide whether the program finishes running or continues to run forever for any given program input. This theorem proven by [[http://www.alanturing.net/|Alan Turing]] in 1936 shows how some things are naturally non-computable. | * **[[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-is-turings-halting-pr|Turing's halting problem]]** which claims that given a description of a program, it is impossible to decide whether the program finishes running or continues to run forever for any given program input. This theorem proven by [[http://www.alanturing.net/|Alan Turing]] in 1936 shows how some things are naturally non-computable. | ||
| - | 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 [[learning_paradigms: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**. |
| ===== Bibliography ===== | ===== Bibliography ===== | ||
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| - | [[http://web.mac.com/cranetim/Tims_website/Book_reviews_files/Descombes%20review.pdf|Crane, T. Book review of "The Mind’s Provisions" by Vincent Descombes. European Journal of Philosophy 12, no. 3: p399–406. 2004.]] | + | [[http://books.google.hr/books?id=T_CDuCMkIYQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mind%E2%80%99s+Provisions:+A+Critique+of+Cognitivism&hl=hr&ei=1HIMTpGjEIeZ8QPotuzKDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQuwUwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|Descombes, Vincent. The mind's provisions: a critique of cognitivism, 2001.]] |
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