October the twentyseventh

So these are the Questions I decided to cope with.

Behaviourism

For what kind of knowledge do you think would a behaviouristic teaching method be useful and appropriate?

Well, the behaviouristims is the most frequently used way when introduce something completely new. for Example a language. you get a list of basic words and verbs to learn and these will be the basis knowledge (at the beginning) to understand the language.

If I do remember one Class during my school time that was influence by that theory, then it was History: We had to learn facts, facts and facts, and we had to be able answer every question the teacher could have in the next session.

Cognitivism:

There are four points presented that define “entdeckendes Lernen” (discovery learning). Can you imagine and describe a teaching situation which applies one (or more) of the points?

1. Entdeckendes Lernen wird durch den Lernenden selbst gesteuert.Well a Student looking for Information while he’s working on a Paper. He/She has a lot of information to his/her disposition and he/she chooses the most adequat information she/she thinks he/she can get.
2. Statt alle relevanten Informationen fertig strukturiert zu präsentieren, muß der Lernende Informationen finden, priorisieren und neu ordnen, bevor er daraus Regeln ableiten und Probleme lösen kann.Well if look at the example I gave before it should also be valid for that point too.
3. Die Exploration wird geleitet von Neugier und Interesse des Lernenden. Er soll Lösungen für interessante Fragen entwickeln, statt Fakten auswendig zu lernen. Besonders wichtig ist dabei, wie bei jeder Form des selbstgesteuerten Lernens, ein hoher Grad an intrinsischer Motivation. Der Stellenwert des impliziten Lernens und der Intuition wird ebenfalls betont. Dem Entdeckenden Lernen wird insgesamt eine motivierende Wirkung zugesprochen. Diese wird auch im allgemeinen bestätigt [Schulmeister 96, 66].  Well here we could take a Webquest as a preparation of an excursion or even a Schooltrip abroad. This could help to wake the interest of the Pupils and show them that they can participate than rather just having”been there”.
4. Ziel des Lernens ist die Ausbildung der Problemlösungsfähigkeit.Well, the Webquest my even match the fourth point too.

Constructivism :

Why do humans, according to constructivist views, don’t have an input and output for meaningful information?

Well the point is that the constructivists think that every makes an own Contruct or even puzzle von the things they percept. There they are at the opposite of what objektivists do.  Therefore you won’t get the same output from every Pupil with the same input is given….

What is the difference between a cognitivistic and a constructivistic view on learning?

The main difference is that the contructivists ignore the interaction between the lerner and was he is learning, they rather concentrate themselves on how the learner  percepts, understands and intergrates the information given to their own microworld.