| Slide1 : Candace Pauchnick
Topic: Educational Theorists
November 17, 2005 |
| Slide2 : Should our school’s education
be seen as a way to promote: or Which will encourage our students to become life-long learners? How can technology help in this adventure? |
| Slide3 : John Locke Jean-Jacques
Rousseau Thorndike Skinner Piaget Bruner Dewey Vygotsky |
| Slide4 : He believed we are born naturally good
and this influences how we learn from
interacting with the environment.
He was an optimist. (1632-1704) He said we are born
with a “blank slate”. He felt human development does
have an important impact on learning. |
| Slide5 : He discouraged learning from books
but felt interacting with nature wasn’t as harmful. 1712-1778 He said we are born
with goodness. But “Successful education is almost impossible because conditions (the evils of society from which we learn) are beyond our control,” and make us unhappy. He felt strongly the educational concepts from society
greatly influenced human development. He was a pessimist. |
| Slide6 : Variations of schedules of rewards promotes stimulation and motivation for learners. Thorndike
1874-1948 Skinner
1904-1990 Rewarded behaviors become repeated behaviors. Better learning takes place by trial and error
than observation or imitation. Educational computer games
offer these things. |
| Slide7 : They offer many types
of extrinsic & intrinsic rewards.
Interaction can be very educational & fun.
Have you ever played a computer game? Click on an answer: Yes or No |
| Slide8 : Educational games do promote
learning. Then you know the educational fun they can offer! You’ve heard the bells and whistles
if you get an answer correct. It’s nice to get an immediate explanation
of an incorrect answer, too. Plus,
you’ve enjoyed having control
of what you are doing. |
| Slide9 : You can still get involved and see all the benefits educational games can offer. Computer games do promote learning! It’s has been shown students learn more
by getting immediate feedback on incorrect answers. Hands-on, interactive games allows
for individual control over learning. It’s fun to hear the bells and whistles
when you get an answer correct. |
| Slide10 : Children learn better when they can discover concepts themselves.
They learn more and they remember the information longer. Education Seen as Cognitivistic! Piaget
1896-1980 Bruner
1915- He identified human
intellectual developmental
stages to promote
strategies for learning |
| Slide11 : Dewey
1859-1952 Community
involvement Project-based
learning
activities Group
activities Hands-on
activities All promotes better learning! Vygotsky
1896-1934 The Zone of
Proximal Dev. New ideas built
on prior knowledge. Culture and social
context
affects learning. |
| Slide12 : A. Cognitivistic & Constructivistic styles of learning! Q. What type of activities promote this type of learning? Q. What promotes deeper learning with better memory retention? A. Project Based Learning activities. A. Exploring & solving real-life social problems. Q. What programs enable this type of learning? A. Check out iearn and ThinkQuest! (These are international Internet programs with many educational opportunities.) QUESTIONS ? ANSWERS ! ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |
| Slide13 : 9 Multiple Intelligences Supports the cognitivistic theory Supports the
constructivistic theory The more intelligences involved,
the deeper the learning. Click to hear the
Interview with Gardner. |
| Slide14 : Computer software programs and Internet interactive programs provide: Visual, Verbal, Mathematical, Kinesthetic,
Musical, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal,
Naturalist, and Existentialist interaction. Adobe PageMill is a software program
to aide students to make their own web pages. *ePals is an interactive online program
where students can become involved in many
activities with other students around the world. * = link |
| Slide15 : Investing in:
a web camera
an LCD projector
a Smart Board
a digital camera
and a video camera,
are some of the main types of computer
equipment needed to enhance these type of programs. |
| Slide16 : From Locke to Gardner,
theorists have been asking:
“How do people learn?”
“What motivates learners?”
“What should schools teach and how?”
Evidence, from innovative programs, show learning cannot be isolated but must involve the self-directed students interacting with other students, along with the community, tapping into several intelligences, while using technology to make it the fullest experience possible. |
| Slide17 : have shown
the school’s education system should be seen as a way to
promote human development
to reach the highest intellectual potential for
deep learning
and create the motivation and critical thinking skills necessary to be a
life-long learner.
Our students deserve the best education! |
| Slide18 : Gardner, Howard, The Unschooled Mind, Basic Books, 1995.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau link:
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-rous.htm
From: The encyclopaedia of informal education, by Michele Erina Doyle and Mark K. Smith (1997)
John Locke link:
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/locke_understanding.html
From The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia. Copyright © 1991 by Columbia University Press.
The George Lucas Educational Foundation, Edutopia, Jossey-Bass books, 2002.
Thorndike and Skinner link: http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/BehavioristHistory.html |