STEP 6Education PsychologyLearning Behaviours

-Behaviorist- Cognitivist -Humanist

- Social theorist

Behaviour Modifications- Behaviour problems- Behaviour Management

Memory – Forgetting

Learning Behaviours

• Behaviorist Theory– Pavlov, Watson, Thorndike, Skinner

• Cognitive Theory– Kohler, Gagne, Bruner, Ausubel, Piaget

• Humanistic Theory– Maslow, Carl Rogers

• Social Theory– Bandura

Behaviourist Theory

• Theory of Conditioning– With proper

Stimulus we can get right Response

Cognitive Theory

Bruner’s Discovery Learning• takes place in problem

solving situations where the learner uses his/her own past experience and existing knowledge to discover facts and relationships.

• encourages active engagement • promotes motivation• promotes responsibility,

independence• the development of creativity

and problem solving skills.

Humanistic Theory• Maslow– Hierarchy of

Needs• Our actions

are motivated by our needs.

Social theory• Bandura– Modeling Theory

• Attention – have to pay attention.

• Retention– must be able to retain –

remember.• Reproduction

– have the ability to reproduce the behavior.

• Motivation– some reason for learning and

imitating.

Bobo experiment

Video – Challenging Behaviour

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eCfnrGu5xo

Behaviour Problems

• Any concrete action of pupils that is disruptive or disturbing to others;

• Hinders the smooth implementation of teaching;

• Disturbs other pupils’ learning process.

Factors Causing Such Behaviours

• Parenting behaviours; • Lack of parental emotional support; • Parental lack in control of discipline; • Some may be due disabilities.

• Problematic behaviours can be set right via behaviour modification techniques because most behaviours are learned.

• If problematic behaviours can be learned, then they can also be unlearned or relearned.

TYPES OF PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOUR

DISRUPTIVE DESTRUCTIVE

OVER-DEPENDENCE

The child is uncooperative and prevents himself and other children in class from learning.

The child who lacks self control and has low self-esteem consistently exhibits misbehavior such as hitting, biting and destroying things.

Child who holds on desperately to others to give them direction and security; not willing to let go.

Issues in the Classroom• Attention seeking• ‘Showing off’ • Child is bored easily• Classroom environment not

challenging enough• Change in situation at home

making the child insecure• Arrival of a new sibling• Hyperactivity• ???

• Low self-esteem• No mastery of skills• Lack of social & emotional

skills to work / play with others

• Resentful• With-drawn and shows

insecurity

Managing Problems

How can you manage children who are1. Disruptive?2. Destructive?3. Over dependent? Select two examples and discuss how you will handle the situation and resolve them.

4. How can you provide activities so that preschoolers remember what they learn / what they are taughtSuggest two examples.

Behaviour Modification

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv1Q6DTXoL8

Memory – How Our Brain Works• Atkinson & Shiffrin’s Memory

Process

• All inputs through our senses > short term memory > goes into long term memory to recall later (repeat many times to remember and store properly)

Forget - Remember

How can you provide activities so that preschoolers remember what they learn / what they are taughtSuggest two examples.