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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 Theories
of Learning
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
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
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.
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.
Jigsaw Classroom
The "official site" for this cooperative learning
technique.
Click here
for a sample lesson plan based on this model.
A Cognitive Model of Learning
The cogniitive model applied to teaching reading
and writing. See also the
Cognitive
Approach.
Reciprocal Teaching
Information from NCREL about this cognitive technique.
See also
Reciprocal 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.
Association for Constructivist Teaching
The Learning Cycle Approach to Science Instruction
Information on Piaget's three-phase learning cycle.
See also
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. See
also
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.
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. See also
Index of Learning Styles Questionaire,
The Vark Questionnaire,
and
Abriator's LSI Tests.
Multiple Intelligences
Good source
for more basic information. See also
Writing Multiple Intelligences Lessons Plans.
Multiple
Intelligences Self-Test
An online inventory.
See also
Assessment: Find Your
Strengths.
Background for this page is from Gotomy.com