A Matrix of Learning Theories

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Proponent
Theory
Points to Remember
Ausubel
Subsumption Theory
Clue: AuSUBel


SUBsumption- creation of ADVANCE ORGANIZERS to link newly learned materials into existing ones
Bandura
Observational Learning Theory
Learning is brought about by OBSERVING. (Use of five senses)
Bruner
Constructivist Theory
Construction of knowledge comes from SCHEMA or previously learned concepts
Comenius
(Father of Modern Education)
Pansophism (Universal Knowledge)
Clue: COMEnius         COMET
found in the UNIVERSEUniversal- Learning, emotional and spiritual growth are INTERWOVEN. Teaching must involve SENSES, not merely MEMORIZATION.


Dewey
Learning by Doing
Clue: Dewey: sounds like DO IT! (Imagine how Americans pronounce do it)

Learning by EXPERIENCE
Erikson
Socioemotional Development
8 STAGES of MAN which describes the CRISES met by man in every stage of LIFE.
Ex. 1st stage – INFANCY: trust vs. mistrust
Festinger
Cognitive Dissonance
CHANGE is brought about by INCONSISTENCIES between BEHAVIOR and BELIEF.
Freud
Levels of Consciousness
MIND functions in different levels: conscious vs. unconscious
MIND has THREE DIVISIONS
a.    ID- primitive, self-centered
b.    EGO- logical portion, equilibrium
c.    SUPER-EGO- conscience
Gagne
Conditions of Learning
Different LEARNING STYLE means different CONDITIONS of LEARNING means different TEACHING STRATEGIES
Gardner
Multiple Intelligences
There are 9 different kinds of INTELLIGENCES
Kohlberg
Stages of Moral Development
a.    Pre-conventional- self-centered interest
b.    Conventional- conforms to expectations
c.    Post- conventional- based on higher principles
Locke
Tabula Rasa
Students: blank slates or blank tablets
Teachers: “writer” of knowledge
Maslow
Hierarchy of Needs
Humans must satisfy the five levels of needs.


*lower needs must be satisfied first before one can satisfy the other needs

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