Learning theory is the general term for the body of ideas that attempt to describe how students receive, process and retain knowledge as they learn. It treats cognitive, emotional and environmental influences, together with a learner's prior experience, as the factors that shape how understanding or a worldview is acquired or changed and how knowledge and skills are retained. The umbrella term covers many competing accounts of the learning process rather than one single explanation.
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Core ClaimConstructivism emphasizes the importance of the active involvement of learners in constructing knowledge for themselves. 1 FAQs
Which paradigms do learning theories usually fall into?
Behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, connectivism and humanism are the most commonly accepted paradigms.
Learning theories are usually divided into several paradigms, each representing a different perspective on the learning process, and theories within the same paradigm share the same basic point of view. The most commonly accepted paradigms are behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, connectivism and humanism. Some resources add social learning as a paradigm, and connectivism is a newer paradigm that is still not widely accepted.
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Constructivism sectionQuote, Constructivism section
Constructivism emphasizes the importance of the active involvement of learners in constructing knowledge for themselves.
Learning Theory (Education) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIn Approach: Behaviourism, Lead
Behaviorists look at learning as an aspect of conditioning and advocating a system of rewards and targets in education.
In Approach: Cognitivism, Lead
Educators who embrace cognitive theory believe that the definition of learning as a change in behaviour is too narrow, and study the learner rather than their environment-and in particular the complexities of human memory.
In Approach: Constructivism, Lead
Those who advocate constructivism believe that a learner's ability to learn relies largely on what they already know and understand, and the acquisition of knowledge should be an individually tailored process of construction.
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