Psychological Foundation of Education

PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION

The Learner

Learning Process

The Learning Situation

Understanding Growth and Development

Theories of DevelopmentIndividual Differences

The Nature of Learning Process

Basic Theories of Learning

Motivation in Learning

The Teacher: A Key Factor in Learning

The Teacher Learning Process Exemplified

Theories of InstructionThe Teacher

BALANGAY GROUP


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Teaching and Learning are psychological

processes. The Teacher who adeptly understand

these process will be in a better position to

select and use the methods and techniques

that will promote effective learning.

There are three components of the

educative process which have been the

concerns of both psychologist and teachers.


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THE LEARNER

The center of any education is the

Learner. Without the learner, there would be

no need for teaching. The teacher’s success to

guide the learner in the learning process will

depend greatly upon his insights into the

various factors basic to growth and

development and his knowledge of the

developmental characteristics of the learner.


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UNDERSTANDING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

• The importance of Growth and Development

(Factors in Growth and Development)

• Basic Principles of Growth and Development

• The Learners Stages of Development


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THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT

• Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory

• Erickson’s Psychosocial Theory

• Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

• Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development


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INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

No two individuals can be exactly alike in

their resulting development and adjustments.

The unique characteristics and traits emerges as

children pass from one stage to another.

Aside from number of factors the

following specific factors are considered

significant in school learning: Age, Sex, and

Family and Community Backgrounds.


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THE LEARNING PROCESS

Learning is a process that involves

change in behavior resulting from experience.

Learning, being the core of the teaching

learning process, has to be well understood by

a teacher


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THE NATURE OF THE LEARNING PROCESS

Formal Education is based on the premise that the learning process can be directed and facilitated. Such direction and facilitation, however, is not a simple task. Unless a teacher has a clear knowledge and understanding of this process he will find it difficult to set the condition that will facilitate learning success on part of the learners.

• What is the significance of Learning?

• What are the different Types of Learning?


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2 BASIC THEORIES OF LEARNING

• Association Theory (Stimulus Response

Theory)

Thorndike’s Connectionism/Associationism,

Conditioning Theories: Pavlov’s Classical

Conditioning,

B. F. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning

Albert Bandura’s Social Learning

Theory


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• Cognitive Field Theory

Kohler’s Insight Theory,

Gestalt Laws,

Lewin’s Topological and Vector Theory

Jerome Bruner’s Theory,

Information Processing Theory

2 BASIC THEORIES OF LEARNING


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MOTIVATION IN LEARNING

The most effective learning takes place where there is maximum mental activity through strong motivation.

Motivation is process in which the individual attention and interest are aroused and directed toward definite goals to the extent that his needs, whether basic or acquired are involved and become motivators of the individual’s attention and interest.


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THE LEARNING SITUATION

An important aspect of the educative

process is the Learning Situation. The learning

situation refers to the conditions outside the

learner which affects the learning.

Although it was said that the learning in

the classroom may occur in spite of the

teacher, it cannot be denied that the teacher is

still the key in classroom learning.


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THE TEACHER: As a Key Factor in the Classroom Learning Situation

• As a Model

• As a Manager of the Classroom Learning

Situation

• As Facilitator of Learning

• As Evaluator of Student Learning


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THE TEACHER LEARNING PROCESS EXEMPLIFIED

• Use of Motivation in the Teaching Learning Process

Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic, Goal setting, Feedback on Progress, Reward vs. Punishment, Learner’s interest

• Communication: A basic tool in Learning

• Teaching Styles

Traditional Teacher vs. Facilitating Teacher


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THEORIES OF INSTRUCTION

• Gagne’s Condition of Learning

Signal Learning, Stimulus-Response Learning ,

Chaining, Verbal Association, Discrimination

Learning, Principle Learning and Problem

Solving

• Bloom’s Mastery Learning Model


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The Teacher - An Instrument of Powerby Haim Ginott

I have come to a frightening conclusion. I am the decisive element in the classroom.

It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather.As a teacher I possess tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous.

I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.

I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response

that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated,

and a child humanized or de-humanized.


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