week four...here come the learning theory...

For this week, we learned about learning theories. There are 2 main paradigms which are behaviorist and constructivist.

Behaviourism

Behaviorist focuses on the changes of behavior and the focuses on the product. According to behaviorist, they believe that stimulus should be given to the students because stimulus will produce reaction. The repeated reaction will then create long-term behavior.

Constructivist Theory

This approach argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from an interaction between their experiences and their ideas. Piaget called these systems of knowledge schemata. Learners construct their own understanding rather than having it delivered or transmitted to them. Learners use their own experiences to construct understandings that make sense to them. New learning depends on prior understanding and is interpreted in the context of current understanding, not first as isolated information that is later related to existing knowledge.