OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to
Students will be able to
- recall and enrich what has been discussed on how the human brain learns.
- understand what is expected of them regarding Assignment 1.
- analyze theoretical principles of Behaviorism.
I. What is Active Learning?
Videos:
An English class in a Kindergarten in China
An English class for Young Adults in China
REVIEW: HOW THE HUMAN BRAIN LEARNS
Watch these teachers exercising their students brains in different ways and at different levels:
Videos:
An English class in a Kindergarten in China
An English class for Young Adults in China
REVIEW: HOW THE HUMAN BRAIN LEARNS
Dr. Christopher Chase describes it very well:
Our brains have constructed unique skill patterns for each activity we repeatedly engaged in, such as reading, speaking, cooking, golfing, driving, bike riding, algebra problem-solving, violin playing, etc. Every skill, worldview and ability we have was “self-constructed” from countless hours of experience, observation and practice- by carefully applying knowledge, methods and techniques- repeating actions over and over again until we developed progressively higher levels of comprehension and skill mastery.
This is what scientists are referring to when they speak of the brain’s neuroplasticity, its natural ability to grow new skills and continuously learn. While such ideas may sound complicated, young children are “wired” from birth to master skills this way, intuitively. This is the process by which we all learned how to walk, ride a bike and speak our native language.
Our brains have constructed unique skill patterns for each activity we repeatedly engaged in, such as reading, speaking, cooking, golfing, driving, bike riding, algebra problem-solving, violin playing, etc. Every skill, worldview and ability we have was “self-constructed” from countless hours of experience, observation and practice- by carefully applying knowledge, methods and techniques- repeating actions over and over again until we developed progressively higher levels of comprehension and skill mastery.
This is what scientists are referring to when they speak of the brain’s neuroplasticity, its natural ability to grow new skills and continuously learn. While such ideas may sound complicated, young children are “wired” from birth to master skills this way, intuitively. This is the process by which we all learned how to walk, ride a bike and speak our native language.
Unfortunately,
formal school instruction won’t be successful if this natural
“self-constructive” learning process isn’t respected, supported and encouraged.
As educator Benjamin Bloom described, in order for
meaningful skills and comprehension to develop “knowledge” must be practiced
and applied. It’s only through repeated application of “information about
something” that ideas are transformed into deep comprehension, real ability and
useful “real world” skills.
For this reason it’s essential for people of all ages to enjoy and be interested in what they are learning, to concentrate their attention and experience positive emotions while they’re doing something. According to the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, as a person’s skill level increases and they meet challenges (that require activation of those skills) the result is a highly enjoyable “flow” state of consciousness, an optimal form of experience where focused attention and positive emotions arise when that specific activity is engaged.
For this reason it’s essential for people of all ages to enjoy and be interested in what they are learning, to concentrate their attention and experience positive emotions while they’re doing something. According to the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, as a person’s skill level increases and they meet challenges (that require activation of those skills) the result is a highly enjoyable “flow” state of consciousness, an optimal form of experience where focused attention and positive emotions arise when that specific activity is engaged.
You can see
the entire post at: https://creativesystemsthinking.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/understanding-how-our-brains-learn/
Classical Conditioning versus Operant Conditioning
Learn more about Classical and Operant Conditioning, Positive and Negative reinforcement by clicking here: Behaviorism's Theory
1. Go over prompt and rubric for Assignment 1. Write down any question you may have about them to ask next class.2. Review what we have studied today: the charts here, the power-point presentation, watch the videos. Make sure that for next class you understand clearly what the meaning of the following concepts in Behaviorism is:
*Behaviorist Theory
*Classical conditioning
*Operant conditioning
* Reinforcement (positive and negative)
3. Read the article "How the human brain learns?" by Dr. Cristopher Chase.
4. Watch the videos.
Index of Learning Theories at http:/www.learning-theories.com/
Analysisbyrs.com
Bluesofamedia. Retrieved from YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYDYzR-ZWR
TED.com
Crash Course. Retrieved from Youtube
