scholarly journals The Learning Theory Jungle

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Minter

This paper explores the myriad of pedagogical and andragogical issues facing university educators in the student learning process, and focuses on how the proliferation of learning theories do not all apply to the adult learner.

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-179
Author(s):  
B. P. Sitepu

Paradigm shift in education has made significant change in the roles of teacher and student in teaching and learning process. In the new paradigm the student become the axis of teaching and learning process. The student makes the choice in learning objective, learning materials, and learning resources based on his/her learning style. The teacher acts more as a learning designer, learning manager, and tutor. The learning theory development tends to provide the learner with learning skills to enable them to be independent learners to life-long learning. However, the learning theories are mostly discussed in the formal eduacation situation, though the theories are also apllicable for nonformal education. This article discusses how the current learning theories can be implemented in nonformal education. The discussion is limited on the application of learning resources development in early childhood education and learning community centers. The discussion ends with a strong conclusion that resources based learning theory are potential and need to apply in nonformal education under a condition that there should be some changes in the roles of teachers/instructors, learners, and the nonformal institution.


Author(s):  
Rod Sims

<span>The role and function of interactivity within computer enhanced learning is undergoing increased scrutiny. Through a reappraisal of learning theories in terms of their implications for interactivity and identifying the major interactive constructs, this paper provides a context for better understanding computer based interactivity and achieving its potential for enhancing the learning process.</span>


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Ni Nyoman Perni

<p>Students are human beings whose human identity as a conscious subject needs to be defended and enforced through educational systems and models that are "free and egalitarian". The future challenge of education is to realize the process of learning democratization. A democratization process that reflects that learning is on children's initiative. To develop so that humans become mature, it is not enough if they are only trained, but also must be educated. Students must be educated for realists, recognize a life that is multidimensional, not uniform and invited to live a complementary diversity. Whereas in training, what is primarily formed is outward behavior. This learning theory talks more about the concepts of education to shape human beings who are aspired to, and about the learning process in its most ideal form. In other words, this theory is more interested in the notion of learning in its most ideal form than the understanding of the learning process as it is, as has been studied by other learning theories. In its implementation, this humanistic theory, among others, also appears in the learning approach proposed by Ausubel.</p>


Author(s):  
Alex Kumi-Yeboah

Several questions need to be asked about how the applications of learning theories in online learning and how it impacts student learning. Online learning has the ability to promote rapid growth of student academic performance using instructional strategies such as differentiated instructions to meet the specific needs of students. However, less is known about the integration of learning theory and online learning in K-12 schools and its impact on student learning. This chapter seeks to demonstrate the integration of learning theories, online learning and its effects on student academic performance. In this chapter, researchers trace the trend of online learning in K-12 schools, discuss how instructional models are used to promote online learning in K-12 education, and provide discussion on the prospects and challenges facing online learning in the United States. Recommendation for future studies and conclusion are discussed.


1991 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. A. Simpson ◽  
B. C. Lessing

Learning theory basis of andragogy. A cursory glance at andragogy creates the impression that humanistic learning theory plays an all encompassing role in the learner centered approach andragogy espouses. A closer look, however, reveals that Knowles (1973), after having made an intensive study of learning theory, created an extensive framework within which human resource development can take place. The fact that Knowles attracted critique from different areas, led to a need to ascertain the role different learning theories, if any, played in the emergence of andragogy. Having looked at the assumptions displayed by the andragogical approach, as well as a comparison of different learning theories and their connection with andragogy, it became clear that andragogy contains elements of various learning theories in an adapted way. These adaptations resulted in an approach to adult education in which learners are given the opportunity to be part of the learning process in such a way that they themselves contribute to the development which takes place. Opsomming Met 'n eerste oogopslag wil dit voorkom asof humanistiese leerteorie 'n oorheersende rol in die leerdergesentreerde benadering van andragogie speel. By nadere ondersoek blyk dit egter dat Knowles (1973), na 'n deeglike studie van verskillende leerteoretiese beginsels, 'n omvangryke raamwerk geskep het waarbinne, aan die hand van verskeie aangepaste leerteoretiese beginsels, menslike hulpbronontwikkeling kan plaasvind. As gevolg van die feit dat Knowles vanuit verskillende oorde kritiek op die lyf geloop het, is besluit om die rol wat verskillende leerteorieë in andragogie speel, te bestudeer. Dit blyk dat andragogie nie net elemente van verskillende leerteorieë bevat nie, maar dat toepaslike aspekte van die teoriee wat ondersoek is, benut en aangepas is om 'n geintegreerde benadering te bewerkstellig waarin veral volwassene-leerders by leergeleenthede en hulle selfontwikkeling betrek word.


Author(s):  
Alex Kumi-Yeboah

Several questions need to be asked about how the applications of learning theories in online learning and how it impacts student learning. Online learning has the ability to promote rapid growth of student academic performance using instructional strategies such as differentiated instructions to meet the specific needs of students. However, less is known about the integration of learning theory and online learning in K-12 schools and its impact on student learning. This chapter seeks to demonstrate the integration of learning theories, online learning and its effects on student academic performance. In this chapter, researchers trace the trend of online learning in K-12 schools, discuss how instructional models are used to promote online learning in K-12 education, and provide discussion on the prospects and challenges facing online learning in the United States. Recommendation for future studies and conclusion are discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-306
Author(s):  
Ava Swastika Fahriana

Abstract This article aims to explore new epistemological paradigm of Islamic education of qodrati potency-based learning. The development of various views, understandings and theories about the learning process is essentially tge development of the essence of the learning process, along with the demands of the development of society where the learning process itself takes place. It is undeniable that today globalization era will always go on with the increasing complexity of society's need for educational graduates who are expected to have complete capabilities in various fields. Historically, it has been has noted that there are many changes and developments in the world of education, both related to the management of education and learning process. Learning theories that have been used and continue to develop include behaviorism, connectionism, and classical habituation, and behavior habituation, habituation of close association, cognitive theory, and social learning theory. The ongoing changes in society require that every graduate of a school has the ability to act, learn and manage its own future independently by integrating the best elements of successful systems. Meanwhile, Islamic epistemology has a very strategic role in the effort to combine and choose the various approaches of learning so that the learning pattern leads to the development of the potential qodrati of learning participants. Thus, educational objectives can be reached through potential qodrati-based learning. ملخص يهدف هذا البحث إلى التعمق في البحث عن نظرية المعرفة الجديدة في التربية الإسلامية المعتمدة على الكفاءة الطبيعي. إن ديناميكية ميلاد ونمو مختلف الأنظار والمفاهيم والنظريات في عملية التعليم هي إكمال لعملية التعليم وفقا لمتطلبات تطور المجتمع موضع عملية التعليم نفسه. ومما لاينكر اليوم أن متطلبات العولمة لا يمكن دفعها مع كثرة حاجات المجتمع تجاه خريجي المؤسسات التربوية الذين يملكون الكفاءات المتكاملة في كل المجالات. وقد سجل التاريخ أن عالم التعليم حدثت فيه تغييرات وتطورات كثيرة، سواء كانت تتعلق بإدارة أم بعملية التعليم. ومن النظريات المستخدمة التي تحدث فيه التغييرات هي: السلوك، والترابط، وتعويد السلوك العملي، وتعويد ارتباط وثيق، ونظرية معرفية، ونظرية التعليم الاجتماعي. إن حدوث التغييرات المستمرة في المجتمع يطالب كل الخريجين في المدارس أن يكون لهم كفاءة في العمل والتعلم وإدارة المستقبل بأنفسهم باتخاذ أحسن العناصر من النظم الناجحة. ومن ناحية، فإن نظرية المعرفة الإسلامية لها دور استراتيجي في محاولة اختيار مقاربة التعليم حتى وجد نمط التعليم الذي يتجه إلى تنمية كفاءة طبيعية للطلبة. ومن ذلك، يمكن تحقيق أهداف التعليم عن طريق التعليم المبني على تنمية الكفاءة الطبيعية. Abstrak Artikel ini bertujuan mendalami pembahasan tentang kajian epistemologis paradigma baru pendidikan Islam dalam pembelajaran berbasis potensi qodrati. Dinamika lahir dan tumbuhnya berbagai pandangan, paham dan teori tentang proses pembelajaran pada hakikatnya merupakan penyempurnaan esensi proses pembelajaran, seiring dengan tuntutan perkembangan masyarakat tempat berlangsungnya proses pembelajaran itu sendiri. Tak dapat dipungkiri bahwa dewasa ini, tuntutan era globalisasi semakin ta terbendung dengan semakin kompleksnya kebutuhan masyarakat akan lulusan dunia pendidikan yang diharapkan memiliki kemampuan yang komplit di berbagai bidang. Sejarah telah mencatat bahwa banyak terjadi perubahan dan perkembangan di dunia pendidkan, baik yang berkaitan dengan manajemen pendidikan maupun proses pembelajarannya. Teori-teori belajar yang selama ini digunakan dan terus mengalami pengembangan diantaranya yaitu behaviorisme, koneksionisme, pembiasaan klasik, pembiasaan perilaku proses, pembiasaan asosiasi dekat, teori kognitif, dan teori belajar sosial. Terjadinya perubahan terus menerus dalam masyarakat mengharuskan setiap lulusan sekolah memiliki kemampuan dalam bertindak, belajar dan mengatur masa depan sendiri secara mandiri dengan memadukan unsur-unsur terbaik dari sistem-sistem yang terbukti berhasil. Sementara itu, epistomologi Islam memiliki peran yang sangat strategis dalam upaya menggabungkan serta memilih berbagai pendekatan pembelajaran tersebut sehingga didapatkan pola pembelajaran yang mengarah pada pengembangan potensi qodrati peserta didk. Dengan demikian, tujuan pendidkan dapat dijangkau melalui pembelajaran berbasis potensi qodrati.


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-77
Author(s):  
Salomé Schulze

Since student learning and supervision are viewed as social processes, investigations into doctoral learning need to consider social learning theories and ways to illuminate student relations during this time. For such social research, interviews are the most extensively used instruments to gather data, but the data can be enriched by the use of visuals. This article reports on the value of two modes of graphic elicitation interviews to delve into factors that impacted on the progress of research master’s and doctoral students at one university. The studies were exploratory and the approach was within the framework of participatory visual research methodologies. The first setting involved 11 participants who were particularly successful in the completion of their studies. In accordance with the socio-cultural theory, the students completed a diagram in the form of a relational map, after having completed a table in which they brainstormed the people, artifacts, and processes that contributed most to their success. In the second setting, 10 less diligent students were instructed to complete drawings (timelines) to illustrate their research journeys. These were guided by three questions to ensure that the students focused on the topic. In both instances, the graphics (diagram/drawing) were used to elicit interviews, which were tape recorded. In the second setting, the situated learning theory, the social capital theory, and the self-regulated learning theory were used to analyze the data and identify themes in the narratives. The paper highlights the advantages and limitations of both methods. Both methods facilitated unexpected outcomes. The biggest advantage of drawings was that they were unconstrained by the researcher’s previous knowledge about the topic. Moreover, their greater flexibility allowed participants more freedom of expression and a stronger voice. However, the selection of visuals (such as diagrams, tables, or drawings) should be based on the specific aims of the research.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-306
Author(s):  
Ava Swastika Fahriana

This article aims to explore new epistemological paradigm of Islamic education of qodrati potency-based learning. The development of various views, understandings and theories about the learning process is essentially tge development of the essence of the learning process, along with the demands of the development of society where the learning process itself takes place. It is undeniable that today globalization era will always go on with the increasing complexity of society's need for educational graduates who are expected to have complete capabilities in various fields. Historically, it has been has noted that there are many changes and developments in the world of education, both related to the management of education and learning process. Learning theories that have been used and continue to develop include behaviorism, connectionism, and classical habituation, and behavior habituation, habituation of close association, cognitive theory, and social learning theory. The ongoing changes in society require that every graduate of a school has the ability to act, learn and manage its own future independently by integrating the best elements of successful systems. Meanwhile, Islamic epistemology has a very strategic role in the effort to combine and choose the various approaches of learning so that the learning pattern leads to the development of the potential qodrati of learning participants. Thus, educational objectives can be reached through potential qodrati-based learning. يهدف هذا البحث إلى التعمق في البحث عن نظرية المعرفة الجديدة في التربية الإسلامية المعتمدة على الكفاءة الطبيعي. إن ديناميكية ميلاد ونمو مختلف الأنظار والمفاهيم والنظريات في عملية التعليم هي إكمال لعملية التعليم وفقا لمتطلبات تطور المجتمع موضع عملية التعليم نفسه. ومما لاينكر اليوم أن متطلبات العولمة لا يمكن دفعها مع كثرة حاجات المجتمع تجاه خريجي المؤسسات التربوية الذين يملكون الكفاءات المتكاملة في كل المجالات. وقد سجل التاريخ أن عالم التعليم حدثت فيه تغييرات وتطورات كثيرة، سواء كانت تتعلق بإدارة أم بعملية التعليم. ومن النظريات المستخدمة التي تحدث فيه التغييرات هي: السلوك، والترابط، وتعويد السلوك العملي، وتعويد ارتباط وثيق، ونظرية معرفية، ونظرية التعليم الاجتماعي. إن حدوث التغييرات المستمرة في المجتمع يطالب كل الخريجين في المدارس أن يكون لهم كفاءة في العمل والتعلم وإدارة المستقبل بأنفسهم باتخاذ أحسن العناصر من النظم الناجحة. ومن ناحية، فإن نظرية المعرفة الإسلامية لها دور استراتيجي في محاولة اختيار مقاربة التعليم حتى وجد نمط التعليم الذي يتجه إلى تنمية كفاءة طبيعية للطلبة. ومن ذلك، يمكن تحقيق أهداف التعليم عن طريق التعليم المبني على تنمية الكفاءة الطبيعية. Artikel ini bertujuan mendalami pembahasan tentang kajian epistemologis paradigma baru pendidikan Islam dalam pembelajaran berbasis potensi qodrati. Dinamika lahir dan tumbuhnya berbagai pandangan, paham dan teori tentang proses pembelajaran pada hakikatnya merupakan penyempurnaan esensi proses pembelajaran, seiring dengan tuntutan perkembangan masyarakat tempat berlangsungnya proses pembelajaran itu sendiri. Tak dapat dipungkiri bahwa dewasa ini, tuntutan era globalisasi semakin ta terbendung dengan semakin kompleksnya kebutuhan masyarakat akan lulusan dunia pendidikan yang diharapkan memiliki kemampuan yang komplit di berbagai bidang. Sejarah telah mencatat bahwa banyak terjadi perubahan dan perkembangan di dunia pendidkan, baik yang berkaitan dengan manajemen pendidikan maupun proses pembelajarannya. Teori-teori belajar yang selama ini digunakan dan terus mengalami pengembangan diantaranya yaitu behaviorisme, koneksionisme, pembiasaan klasik, pembiasaan perilaku proses, pembiasaan asosiasi dekat, teori kognitif, dan teori belajar sosial. Terjadinya perubahan terus menerus dalam masyarakat mengharuskan setiap lulusan sekolah memiliki kemampuan dalam bertindak, belajar dan mengatur masa depan sendiri secara mandiri dengan memadukan unsur-unsur terbaik dari sistem-sistem yang terbukti berhasil. Sementara itu, epistomologi Islam memiliki peran yang sangat strategis dalam upaya menggabungkan serta memilih berbagai pendekatan pembelajaran tersebut sehingga didapatkan pola pembelajaran yang mengarah pada pengembangan potensi qodrati peserta didk. Dengan demikian, tujuan pendidkan dapat dijangkau melalui pembelajaran berbasis potensi qodrati.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reni Uswatun Hasanah

Some ideologies in learning theory has various characteristics, one of them focus moreto “result” than the learning process itself. While an example of theory which focuse on learning “process” is the cognitive theory. Humanistic theory is focus on “content” or any other things to learn. And many other theories which have certain characters based on the types and will be described completely in this paper. The differences between the characters of those learning theories caused by the various types of learning that observed. There are some high and low stages in the character of learning. There are also some characters of learning such as skill and rationale. So, in evaluating wheter the opinions of those learning theory experts are correct or wrong, we have to understand the certain characteristic related with types of the observed learning.


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