The eminent Russian psychologist, Lev Vygotsky, believed that we are hardwired to be social animals. From this viewpoint, knowledge — and therefore learning — originates in the social community. Continue reading Social constructivism takes a view of learning based on the insight that humans are essentially social animals
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Cognitive constructivism encourages us to create digital learning that meets learners’ current stage of development
Just as behaviourism developed as a reaction to the highly subjective, introspective approach to psychology common in the late 19th and early 20th century, cognitive constructivism was conceived, in no small part, as a response to the strict focus on observable phenomena encouraged by behaviourism. Continue reading Cognitive constructivism encourages us to create digital learning that meets learners’ current stage of development
Has behaviourism had its day, or does it still have something to teach us about creating high quality digital learning?
If you can’t see something, it doesn’t exist.
This statement, though a little reductive, gives a good idea of the essence of behaviourism. Continue reading Has behaviourism had its day, or does it still have something to teach us about creating high quality digital learning?