The vast majority of people who choose teaching as a profession either teach as they were taught or as they believe is best for students. Both methods can be useful, but learning about different learning theories can provide teachers with a wider range of teaching options. Learning theories can be used by teachers to better understand their students and explain how and why they learn the way they do.
The way humans and animals obtain and process new knowledge is referred to as learning theory. It is important to teaching, particularly for future educators like us, because all students have different learning preferences. As a result, improved knowledge transfer to students can be accomplished by understanding and teaching to fit these "learning types." In this unit, you will know about five theories that have a place in education: behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, humanism, and connectivism. What we teach determines whether we use one over the other. So, as aspiring educators, we must determine whether to use one or the other, based on our goals.
The behaviorism theory is the first of the learning theories of education. This educational philosophy emphasizes the learner's actions while limiting any mental activity. Positive reinforcement in the form of rewards, such as grades and class recognition according to this theory, motivates students to continue building on their current learning. Learning, according to behaviorism theory, is the acquiring behavior depending on the environment. A dolphin coach, for example, can attempt to teach the dolphins how to perform tricks. In this case, behaviorism may be a good starting point.Another example is that if a student receives an answer from a friend, he or she is more likely to ask for an answer in similar circumstances in the future. The conditional relationship between requesting an answer (behavior) and receiving one (environment) is said to reinforce the behavior (increase the likelihood of it occurring again). This is where learning takes place as new behaviors are formed as a result of connections between stimuli and responses. Behaviorism, to put it another way, eliminates thoughts and feelings. It's all about how our behavior affect us.While behaviorism claims that a person's attitude, reasoning, and thought affect their behavior, cognitivism implies that a person's attitude, logic, reasoning, and thinking affect their behavior. It's a way of approaching or observing the mind, as well as mental patterns like remembering, perceiving, thinking, and solving problems. As a product of internal knowledge processing, learning takes place here. Learning happens by direct experience when a learner sees people clapping their hands, for example.Another theory is constructivism. Contructivism is a philosophy that lays out a conceptual framework for new learning, comprehension, and perception. According to this theory, we learn by doing, reflecting, adapting, and solving problems. The educator in a constructivist classroom serves as a reference, facilitator, and mentor rather than a teacher. It is impossible to teach awareness; students must learn it for themselves.Allowing pairs of students to teach each other, for example. Learners ask their own questions and perform analysis and direct observation to find answers.In simple term, rather than simply accepting or taking information, students or learners build their own knowledge with the aid or guidance of teachers.Humanism, or the study of human philosophy and one's own intellectual accomplishment, is the fourth theory. This theory states that the student is in control of their learning and that all of their needs must be met in order for them to learn effectively. For example, a hungry student is unable to focus on his or her studies. As a result, schools serves free meals to students to meet their nutritional needs while also allowing them to focus on their studies.Also, Teachers who are trying to teach students about leadership should inspire them to create their own leadership in the classroom, for example. Students would be excited about learning and would be in an ecstasy.The final theory is connectivism, which explores how previous knowledge is connected to new information as well as the nature of an intellectual network. Connectivism acknowledges the use of technology as a method in students' decision-making. Students make academic decisions based on a range of tools and experiences, according to connectivism.A student, for example, can browse anything on Google rather than memorizing facts about a certain topic. Students are not only asking their parents, peers, or relatives to assist them in making decisions, but they are also using their digital devices. And that is my interpretation of the five educational learning theories.