Human Growth and Development / Unit 7 HGD 0947 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Behaviourism in the Classroom
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The idea
Behaviourist teaching reinforces desired responses and punishes undesired ones; best practice favours positive reinforcement, which adds a pleasant consequence after a behaviour.
In practice
A teacher praising a student right after she helps a classmate, making helping more likely.
Where people slip
Heavy reliance on rewards can build extrinsic rather than intrinsic motivation, and intrinsic motivation goes with better achievement.
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