So much of what you learn from educational theorists sounds like a foreign language until you are in a classroom setting. Then it all starts to make sense. At that point, you have to decide which information you find most useful. That does not mean that you have to pick one theorist and hold tight ...
B.F. Skinner played a crucial role in the understanding of what has come to be known as operant conditioning. His experiments illustrated concepts such as reinforcement and shaping. Skinner illustrated the idea of operant conditioning through experiments involving animals. By putting an animal in a small cage, Skinner could affect the animal’s behavior by forcing ...
Developed by Canadian sociologist Albert Bandura in the 1950’s as a way of explaining how people learn about their world, the social learning theory ( later renamed the social cognitive theory) is conceivably the most instrumental theory of learning and development. Although this theory finds it origins in many of the basic ideas of traditional ...
Most Americans will agree that proper diet and exercise is good, smoking is bad, and flossing daily keeps teeth healthy. However, at least one of every two Americans is overweight, approximately 25.7 percent of men and 21 percent of women in the US are smokers, and over 150 million Americans suffer from some form of ...
One of the most complex tasks that challenge educators, coaches, parents, pastors, and politicians is motivation. These leaders all want to motivate a group of people to do and perhaps enjoy a particular behavior. The key to a successful sports team or organization is that its members are motivated and passionate about the team’s goal ...
