Day 8: Taking a Closer Look at Behaviorism and Cognitivism

Objectives

Students will be able to

• review some important concepts from Behaviorism and Cognitivism.
• discuss the impact of these two theories in education.
• contrast these learning theories and their application in the classroom.

Behaviorism

Presentation

Video

Cognitivism

Presentation

Video 1
Video 2

Homework:

Contrast these two learning theories using the following criteria:
a. role of the teacher
b. role of the learner
c. role of the environment

Sources
All videos are from Bluesofamedia. Retrieved from YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYDYzR-ZWRQ