Educational Psychology / Unit 4 EDP 0309 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Four Pillars of Learning Theory
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The idea
Four theoretical approaches frame learning: behavioral, focused on overt behavior; social cognitive; constructivist, focused on changes in thinking; and information processing, focused on thinking's processes.
In practice
The same lesson can be read through each lens in turn.
Where people slip
Social cognitive theory joins behavior with the cognition behind it, bridging the behavioral and cognitive units.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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