Educational Theory into Practice
by Lilian Austin
1. Constructivism/Learning from experience/Social
1.1. Observational
1.2. Direct instructional
1.3. Live, verbal & symbolic
1.4. Positive or negative reinforcements
2. workings of the mind
2.1. LTM/deep learning; decalarative, procedural & conditional
2.1.1. STM/Working memory=Information processing
2.1.1.1. Sensory input
2.1.1.1.1. visual
2.1.1.1.2. auditory
2.1.1.1.3. visual-spatial
2.1.1.1.4. Resource limited tasks
2.1.1.1.5. attention span
2.1.1.1.6. limited processing capacity
2.1.1.1.7. Data limited tasks
2.1.1.2. Cognitive Load
2.1.1.2.1. Bottle Neck
2.1.2. Executive control system, Information planning & transfer to LTM
2.1.2.1. Articulatory loop
2.1.2.2. Visual-spatial sketch pad
3. behaviorism
3.1. Skinner
3.1.1. Motivation & self awareness
3.1.1.1. Positive & negative reinforcements
3.2. Locke
4. Cognitive approaches
4.1. information processing theory
4.1.1. learners stores and organises information into schema
4.1.2. information retrieval according to triggers
4.2. Piaget
4.2.1. sensorimotor
4.2.2. pre-operational
4.2.3. concrete operations
4.2.4. formal operations