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===== Learning paradigms ===== | ===== Learning paradigms ===== | ||
- | Learning theories are usually divided into several [[glossary#paradigm|paradigms]] which represent different perspectives on the learning process. [[glossary#theory|Theories]] within the same paradigm share the same point of view. Currently, the most accepted learning paradigms are behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, connectivism and humanism but there are others as well. | + | Learning theories are usually divided into several [[glossary#paradigm|paradigms]] which represent different perspectives on the learning process. [[glossary#theory|Theories]] within the same paradigm share the same point of view. Currently, the most commonly accepted learning paradigms are behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, connectivism, social learning and humanism but there are others as well. |
- | Here we will refer to the following learning paradigms and related learning and instructional design theories: | + | Here we will refer to named learning paradigms and their related learning and instructional design theories. A brief overview of the paradigms follows, and more information can be obtained by clicking on each paradigm name. |
* [[Behaviorism]] | * [[Behaviorism]] | ||
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* Critics: Ignores learner and his mental processes, depends exclusively on overt behavior | * Critics: Ignores learner and his mental processes, depends exclusively on overt behavior | ||
* Authors: [[http://www.ivanpavlov.com/|Ivan Pavlov]], [[http://www.bfskinner.org/BFSkinner/AboutSkinner.html|Burrhus Skinner]], [[http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/watson.htm|John Watson]] | * Authors: [[http://www.ivanpavlov.com/|Ivan Pavlov]], [[http://www.bfskinner.org/BFSkinner/AboutSkinner.html|Burrhus Skinner]], [[http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/watson.htm|John Watson]] | ||
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- | ([[http://www.ivanpavlov.com/|Ivan Pavlov]]) | ||
- | * [[Operant conditioning]] ([[http://www.bfskinner.org/BFSkinner/AboutSkinner.html|Burrhus Skinner]]) | ||
- | * [[Social learning]] ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bandura|Albert Bandura]]) (a bridge between behaviorism and cognitivism) | ||
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* [[Cognitivism]]: | * [[Cognitivism]]: | ||
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* Learner role: Active and central to the process | * Learner role: Active and central to the process | ||
* Learning process: An active process of acquiring and processing new information using prior knowledge and experience | * Learning process: An active process of acquiring and processing new information using prior knowledge and experience | ||
- | * Critics: Views knowledge as objective and external to the learner | + | * Critics: Views knowledge as objective and external to the learner |
+ | * Authors: [[http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/staff/john-sweller-726.html|John Sweller]], [[http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/mayer/index.php|Richard Meyer]], [[http://www.davidausubel.org/|David Ausbel]] | ||
* [[Humanism]]: | * [[Humanism]]: | ||
- | * Time line: | + | * Time line: Since 1960s |
+ | * What is learning: | ||
===== Instructional design theories ===== | ===== Instructional design theories ===== | ||