Session 8: Behaviorism, Conductivism, Constructivism and Instructional Theory

Behaviourism

The mind is compared to a Black Box. It’s expected responses. Instructions are repetition and reinforcement to help learning.

Cognitivism

The mind is compared to a computer, where every individual recalls stored information. It basically has to do with Memory (Sensory, Short-Term and Long Term).

Constructivism

It views the mind as a Rhizome where skills and knowledge are nodules that are interconnected and called when needed.

With these perspectives we have two theories:

Descriptive Theory

(What is Learning?)

From this we obtain Learning Theory, which is an attempt to describe learning.

Perscriptive Theory

(How to help Learning?)

From this we obtain Instructional Theory, which gives methods to foster learning.