Praxis PLT

Social Learning Theory and Social Cognitive Theory

Theory that emphasizes learning through OBSERVATION OF OTHERS (Vicarious)

Theory that adds concerns with cognitive factors, such as beliefs, self-perceptions, and expectation to social learning theory

Enactive (experiencing) and Vicarious (observing) learning

Attention
Retention
Production
Motivation and reinforcement

Discovery learning

Jerome Bruner

Encourages students to think for themselves--students construct an understanding ON THEIR OWN.
Related to Piaget and Dewey's views

John Dewey

John Dewey

Cooperative learning

successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn, thus creating an atmosphere of achievement. Students work through the assignment until all group members successfully understand and complete it.

Mental systems of categories and experiences--as infants explored the objects in their environment, they gained knowledge of the world around them.

Interpreting an experience int terms of current ways of understanding.

As and example, when an infant tries an old schema on a new object and molds it to fit the new object and be recategorized--A CHANGE IN COGNITIVE STRUCTURES THAT PRODUCES A CORRESPONDING BEHAVIORAL CHANGE.