Developmental
Erikson, Piaget, Sulzby, Clay, Gesell
Who are some developmental theorists?
Skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike, Watson, Bandura, Szyf and Meany
Who are some behavioral theorists?
Montessori, Reggio, Rogers, Maslow
Who are some holisitc/humanistic learning theorists?
Ermine, Donald, Battiste, Little Bear, Hanson, Justice, Archibald
Who are some Indigenous learning theorists?
Vygotsky, Willis, Coleman, Myers-Briggs, Dweck
Who are the motivation/affect learning theorists?
Teachers who attribute students' lack of readiness for reading and impulse control would be in line with this theorist.
Who is Gisell?
A voluntary response is then followed by a re-enforcing stimulus according to this theorist. (Hint: the trained-lab rat guy.)
Who is Skinner?
Student choice in learning.
Education should foster a desire for learning.
Teachers scaffold learning so a student grows to a higher understanding than they would have.
Grades are irrelevant; student sense of security and safety is.
Which statement is not aligned with holistic learning theory?
Storytelling, learning circles, land-based learning
What are some important components of the Indigenous learning theory lens?
Introverts and extroverts need to be considered in learning, as well as several other personality styles, according to ___ ____.
What is Myers-Briggs?
Erikson: _ development is considered as much as academic development.
What is personality?
Behaviour can be changed in response to a _ or _ stimulus because it is dependent on the environment.
What is positive or negative?
Reggio Emilia - collaboration in learning, community views results
Montessori - individual learning, student does not need to constantly check in with teacher, private observations not shared with community
What are the differences in Reggio's and Montessori's views in holistic learning?
Strong link to land, self-identifies as Indigenous person, distinct languages, territories, beliefs, continuity with settler societies, commitment to maintaining integrity of traditional lands, communities.
What is the United Nations definition of an Indigenous person?
Student fully immersed in learning, as opposed to being apathetic (Csíkszentmihályi)
What is flow, aka the zone?
Erikson had eight of these in his theory, Piaget had four.
What are stages of development?
Gold stars, praise, money for grades, and other rewards are part of Skinner's t_ _ _ _ n economy.
What is token?
According to Rogers, the only learning that occurs is as a result of __- direction and __-motivation.
What is self?
Theoretical space created among human communities for retreat, reflection and dialogue.
What is an ethical space?
_ comes from a student's own interest, which should be the spark that fosters (their) motivation to engage.
What is joy?
Clay - students need to hear and tell stories. Ermine, Indigenous cultures use stories and elders to provide the codes of conduct expected of each member of a community.
What is an example of how developmental learning theory overlaps with Indigenous learning theory?
Thorndike - teacher-guided questions
Montessori - all learners are capable of being self-directed
What are some conflicting views between objectivist/behaviorist and holistic/humanist learning theories?
Children are competent, confident, curious, social, full of potential and an active and integral part of the community (Reggio.)
People must know their own capabilities and gifts; knowledge is not a commodity or an achievement, but a process that is absorbed and understood (Battiste.)
How wobbly can you get when two things are so alike while being so different? ;)
Children can learn from observing the social behaviour of others (Bandura.)
Talking or sharing circles and dialogues, participant observations, experiential learning, modeling... (Battiste.)
What are the ways that behaviorist and Indigenous learning theories overlap?
We learn more when we feel joy and engagement with our context. When school becomes rigid and overly structured, the joy is taken out, anxiety is increased and learning is decreased (Willis.)
If we see a non-desirable behaviour in a student, that behaviour can be substituted by a more desirable one with practice and repetition (Watson.)
What are some contrasts between the motivational/affect learning theory and behaviourist learning theory?