Teaching Styles, Methods, and Theories

3 Categories of Ed. TheoryBehaviorismCognitivismConstructivism

3 Categories of Ed. TheoryBehaviorismany physical action is a behavior – therefore it can be trained

CognitivismConstructivism

3 Categories of Ed. TheoryBehaviorismany physical action is a behavior – therefore it can be trained

Cognitivismunderstanding how the mind works, and organizes things;

logic, symbols, reflection, things are true or false, mental states

Constructivism

3 Categories of Ed. TheoryBehaviorismany physical action is a behavior – therefore it can be trained

Cognitivismunderstanding how the mind works, and organizes things;

logic, symbols, reflection, things are true or false, mental states

Constructivismbuilding and transferring information/knowledge, to build

understanding and wisdom

?So what does this mean for teaching and

learning

styleactivity

walk down memory lane

Descartes, Chomsky, Gardner, Vygotsky, Bruner, Gagne, Dewey, Eisner,

Freire, Bloom, JonassenRodgers, Pavlov, Bandura, Maslow, Thorndike, Tolman, Watson,

PavlovMontessori, Locke, Rouseau, Skinner, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle,

Piaget

walk down memory laneMaslow Aristotle Dewey

Thorndike Plato Piaget

Bandura Descartes Vygotsky

Tolman Chomsky Rodgers

Watson Gardner Eisner

Skinner Bruner Freire

Pavlov Gagne Bloom

Rousseau Jonassen

Montessori

Pestalozzi

Locke

walk down memory laneBehaviorism Cognitivism Constructivism

Maslow Aristotle Dewey

Thorndike Plato Piaget

Bandura Descartes Vygotsky

Tolman Chomsky Rodgers

Watson Gardner Eisner

Skinner Bruner Freire

Pavlov Gagne Bloom

Rousseau Jonassen

Montessori

Pestalozzi

Locke