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Your Emerging Theory/Philosophy of Teaching
Complete this rating scale to find out if your beliefs about
learning are consistent with those of behaviorism,
cognitivism, or humanism.
The four sites below
are all part of
Educational Psychology Interactive:
Behaviorism and Operant Conditioning
Cognitive System
Information Processing Theory
Humanistic and Open Education
Explorations in Learning and Instruction
Click on "the theories' for
information on many learning theories.
Instructional
Methods
An excellent, concise list of advantages and disadvantages of
several teaching techniques.
Funderstanding
Click on "Theories" and "How
People Learn" for info on major learning theories
Operant Conditioning and Behaviorism
- Historical Outline
An overview of the history of behavioral learning theories.
Operant Conditioning
A brief overview.
Behaviorism Tutorial
An on-line tutorial in the basics of behaviorism.
Behavioral Learning Theory
A webQuest.
B. F. Skinner Foundation
A Skinner bibliography as well as information about Skinner's
contributions to psychology.
An Outline
of Direct Instruction
An
explanation of what is generally
referred to as the
Madeline Hunter
Method.
See also
Lesson
Design and Performance Models,
Lesson
Plan Template,
and
Hunter
Model Lesson Plans Index.
Humanistic
and Open Education
An excellent
overview. See also
Instructional
Strategies
(scroll
down the page for information on humanism and confluent
education),
Courage and Fear: A Lesson
Plan Using The Red Badge of Courage
(an example
of confluent or holistic learning), and
Holistic
Lesson Plan Index.
Thematic Instruction
A definition
and other information from Funderstanding. See also
Teaching Theme Units,
Teaching Interdisciplinary
Units in the Language Arts,
Thematic Unit
Links,
and
Theme Pages.
Summerhill Home Page
Learn about Summerhill and A. S. Neill.
Cooperative Learning
A definition, methods, and a rationale for the use of cooperative
learning.
Click here
for a similar page.
Office of Research: Cooperative Learning
One more page with information about cooperative learning. It
includes a summary of research on cooperative learning
as well as brief descriptions of specific
approaches to the use of this technique. See
Active and Cooperative Learning
for a an annotated list of links.
Cooperative Learning Lesson Plans
From the 21st-Century Schoolhouse. See also
Cooperative Learning Elementary Activities
and
Cooperative Learning Lesson Links.
Jigsaw Classroom
The "official site" for this cooperative learing
technique.
Click here
for a sample lesson plan based on this model.
Mid-Atlantic Association for Cooperation in Education
A Cognitive Model of Learning
The cogniitive model applied to teaching reading
and writing. See also the
Cognitive
Approach.
Cognitive Learning Theory WebQuest
See also
Learning and Cognition WebQuest.
Reciprocal Teaching
Information from NCREL about this cognitive technique.
See also
Recprocal Teaching Lesson Plans
and
Recprocal Teaching
Model Lesson Plan.
A Constructivist View of Science Education
A good overview of constructivism and its use in teaching science.
See
CAos Club
for sample science lesson plans based on the
constructivist model.
Constructivism and Related Sites
Links to a large number of sites with information on constructivism.
Association for Constructivist Teaching
The Learning Cycle Approach to Science Instruction
Information on Piaget's three-phase learning cycle.
See also
Instructional Strategies,
Learning
Cycle Lesson Plans,
and The
Jean Piaget Society.
Theories of Learning Index
A site devoted to discussions and information on newer views
of intelligence, holistic learning and teaching including
brain-based and holistic learning.
Brain-Based Learning: Practical Applications
Information on research, the "layered curriculum," and ideas
for applying current research in the classroom.
Brain/Mind Learning
An overview of 12 basic principles and three interactive teaching
elements. For a somewhat different set of principles,
see
12 design
principles based on brain-based learning research.
The Whole Brain Atlas
From Harvard Medical School.
Learning Styles Resource Page
Under construction, but should be a good source of information.
In the mean time, try
CTL Learning Styles Site.
See also
Learning Styles Lesson Plan Index
for several lesson plans based on the work of Gregorc
and Bultler.
Learning Styles Jigsaw
An activity using the Jigsaw cooperative
learning approach to teach about learning style models.
Four Learning Style Types
An online learning styles inventory
based on Gregorc's model. The site also includes brief explanations
of Gregorc's four learning style types. For other lraning
style inventories, see
Index of Learning Styles Questionaire,
Learning
Styles Inventory,
The Vark Questionnaire,
Learning
Style Inventory,
and
Abriator's LSI Tests.
Exploring Multiple
Intelligences
A good site for basic information on MI. See also
Multiple Intelligences
for more basic information, as well as
Utilizing
Technology to Address the Multiple Intelligences,
Writing Multiple Intelligences Lessons Plans,
and
Multiple Intelligences Lesson Plans
(from the 21st-Century Schoolhouse).
Multiple
Intelligences Self-Assessment
An online inventory.
See also
Assesment: Find Your
Strengths.
Background for this page is from Gotomy.com