Learning Theories

In teaching Araling Panlipunan

CONSTRUCTIVISM COGNITIVISM EXPERIANTIALISM
Constructivism refers a philosophical theory that
Knowledge can be
to the idea that experience is the source of all
seen as schema or
KNOWLEDGE IS learners construct
symbolic mental
knowledge not purely
knowledge for deductive, formal, or
constructions.
themselves. tautological.
Learning is
Learning is defined as The basis for the experiential
constructing meaning
LEARNING IS and facilitated by
change in a learner's learning theory is learning by
schemata. doing or from experience.
social interaction.
Focusses on how
Constructivism Experiential learning focuses
information is
focuses on the learner on the idea that the best ways
FOCUS OF in thinking about
received, organized,
to learn things is by actually
stored and retrieved
learning. having experiences.
by the mind.
Learning is on how Experiential learning is an
Learning is on reality
learners are actively engaged learning process
which is determined
LEARNING IS ON by the learners
involved in the way whereby students “learn by
they process doing” and by reflecting on
experiences.
information. the experience.
 Learning Theories
In teaching Araling Panlipunan
CONSTRUCTIVISM
Constructivism is the
theory that says learners
KEY LEARNING construct knowledge
rather than just passively
take in information.
Knowledge is
constructed, rather than
CONCEPT innate, or passively
absorbed.
Ybon Angelie C. Cordita
COGNITIVISM EXPERIANTIALISM
Cognitivism looks Learning is considered
beyond observable “experiential” and contain all
behavior, viewing the following elements:
learning as internal Reflection, critical analysis
mental processes. and synthesis.
Experiential learning cycle
concept divides the learning
A key concept of process into a cycle of four
cognitivism is that basic theoretical
learning constructs components: concrete
mental maps in the experience, reflective
brain. observation, abstract
conceptualization, and
active experimentation.