View All Theories Bruner’s Spiral Curriculum (1960). Cognitive learning theorist, Jerome Bruner based the spiral curriculum on his idea that ” We begin with the hypothesis that any subject can be taught in some intellectually honest form to any child Read more…
View All Theories Robert Mills Gagné was an American educational psychologist who, in 1965 published his book “The Conditions of Learning”. In it, he discusses the analysis of learning objectives and how the different classes of objective require specific teaching Read more…
View All Theories In 1956, American educational psychologist, Benjamin Bloom, first proposed three domains of learning; cognitive, affective and psycho-motor . Bloom worked in collaboration with David Krathwohl and Anne Harrow throughout the 1950s-70s on the three domains. The Cognitive Read more…
View All Theories Vygotsky takes a different approach to Piaget’s idea that development precedes learning. Instead, he reckons that social learning is an integral part of cognitive development and it is culture, not developmental Stage that underlie cognitive development. Because Read more…
View All Theories Piaget is an interesting character in Psychology. His theory of learning differs from many others in some important ways: First, he focuses exclusively on children; Second, he talks about development (not learning per se) and Third, it’s Read more…
(Please see full article for notes for each theories) What are Learning Theories? Swimming through treacle! That’s what it feels like when you are trying to sort through and make sense of the vast amount of learning theories we have Read more…
Passive learning holds the student responsible for absorbing the presented information on their own terms. The information may be presented in the form of lectures or assigned readings. In any case, the student is accountable for paying attention, asking questions, and Read more…
Active learning methods ask students to fully participate in their learning by thinking, discussing, investigating, and creating. In active learning classrooms, students may be asked to practice skills, solve problems, struggle with complex questions, propose solutions, and explain ideas in Read more…
Dear Teachers , You should have thorough knowledge of the following topics, questions may be case study based, but the following concepts will be there in it. 1.Inductive Reasoning 2.Deductive Reasoning 3.Divergent Reasoning 4.Convergent Thinking 5.Conceptual Generalisation 6.21st Century skills Read more…
1. What is pedagogy? Pedagogy is often confused with curriculum. The latter defines what is being taught, while pedagogy actually refers to the method in how we teach—the theory and practice of educating. Pedagogy is the relationship between learning techniques Read more…