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21/02/14 - Table on Behaviourism, Cognitivism and Constructivism

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Edited by Tom Cheek, Friday, 11 Apr 2014, 11:46

Following the review of all 3 Wikis completed within Task 10 of Week 3 I have completed the table below:

 

Behaviourism

Cognitivism

Constuctivism

Strengths

Strong scientific controls that allows for precise measurements in   learning.

Reliability due to scientific approach.

Can be used to provide solutions to problems such as phobias.

Active learning that is enjoyable and sociable.

Participatory.

Inclusive.

Inspiring and motivational.

Organised in achievable/digestible chunks of learning in a structured   plan.

Allows learner to create and test their own theories to embed   learning.

Social Learning.

Ability to adapt to meet the individual learning preference.

Weaknesses

Does not account for human need or how they make sense of the   learning.

Transferrable ability of learning (real-life context).

No consideration for social learning.

Morally – too emphasised on the mechanics of learning and not   considering the ‘human’ need.

Potential to overload information.

Some inflexibility to adapt to what has already been processed and   learnt when looking at later sections of learning.

 

Various learning outcomes due to the various learning avenues   selected by the learner which can then make it hard to measure for success

How do they assist the   understanding of eLearning?

Helps to create a base of objectives and key measurements to be able   to analyse the success of learning

(I.e. define objectives; break info into small chunks; measure learner’s   performance against objectives).

Present material in more than 1 way to facilitate learning from short   to long-term.

Give learners opportunity to revisit topics to strengthen retention.

Chunk materials into groups or categories.

Give range of pathways and more than anything encourage the learner   to review and select resources suitable for their learning goals.

Encourage social learning through communications with other learners.

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