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Psychological Foundations of Education
Psychological Foundations of Education
FOUNDATIONS OF
CURRICULUM
Mirasol S. Madrid
III-9 BS Psychology
PSYCHOLOGY
0 Introduced The
Theory of
Classical Conditioning
IVAN PAVLOV
0 He showed that an organism
can associate a particular
stimulus (S) with a particular
response (R)
0 Stimulus = Response
IVAN PAVLOV
0 Therefore, Learning is the
result of an association
formed between a
stimulus and a response
EDWARD THRONDIKE
EDWARD THORNDIKE
0 Proposed three laws:
0 Law of Effect – the
response that is reinforced
(positive) will become
habitual
EDWARD THORNDIKE
0 Proposed three laws:
0 Law of Exercise –
connection bet. stimulus
and response will be
strengthened with practice.
EDWARD THORNDIKE
0 Proposed three laws:
0 Law of Readiness – Certain
behaviours are more likely to be
learned than others because the
nervous system of the organism is
ready to make the connection leading
to a satisfying state of affairs
BURRHUS F. SKINNER
B.F SKINNER
0 Operant Conditioning
0 When a particular response
or behaviour is reinforced
(rewarded), the individual
is conditioned to respond.
B.F SKINNER
0 Positive and Negative
Reinforcement
0 Punishment
COGNITIVISM
COGNITIVISM
0 Cognitivists emphasized
that learning is
primarily cognitive in
nature
COGNITIVISM
0 Growth and Development
refer to changes in the
structure and function of
human characteristics
JEAN PIAGET
JEAN PIAGET
0 Introduced the theory
Cognitive Development
theory
0 Sensorimotor, Pre-
operational, concrete and
formal operations
JEAN PIAGET
0 Sensorimotor – perception of
the environment through the
senses
0 Preoperational – the ability to
store words and language
increases
JEAN PIAGET
0 Concrete Operations -
develop logical thinking in
relation to functions.
Questioning Age
0 Formal Operations –
hypothesis testing, abstract
thinking, maturity
CONSTRUCTIVISM
CONSTRUCTIVISM
0 Learning involves the
construction of new
understanding by combining
prior learning with new
information
CONSTRUCTIVISM
0 Knowledge is constructed in
the mind of the learner
0 Learning is active
HUMANISM
HUMANISM
0 the learner is a person who has
feelings, attitudes and emotions.