Researching - The Big Four - Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Social Constructivism, Connectivism
Below we have the metaphors used to describe these learning theories. In researching I found a website Funderstanding.- Behaviorism – learning as a machine – inputs and outputs. Funderstanding
- Cognitivism – The mind is a computer – computation, short and long term memory storage and retrieval.
- Social Constructivism - our knowledge is a metaphor, a subjective representation or our world, our best mental model of reality, it is a construction of our minds.
- Connectivism – Mind as a node in a network made up of data points (people, databases, fields of knowledge)
Below are how Funderstanding defines roles:
"Let’s be clear on roles:
1. Student: be open minded, creative, and ready for a challenge
2. School: teach the basic facts. Drills matter. Take it for what it is.
3. Parents, progressive teachers and caretakers: provide support to students and provide fabulous environments for true, deep learning.
4. Funderstanding: provide the resources for people who are inspiring and who want to be inspired.
Ultimately, we have one goal: make you step away from the computer. Get your hands dirty. Do things!"
Thanks to my Legal and Ethical issues course I have learned to be more careful about how I am sharing images and information provided by others on the web. I was drawn to this site while searching for an image to depict Behaviorism where I found a cartoon image of a mouse holding a sign - "will press lever for food". I found the image cute then read the disclaimer for the site. I then remembered "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" but when it is copyrighted the words are "Cease and Desist"
This short video on Learning Retention Rates is an example from Funderstanding.
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