Role of Learning Theories in Childhood Education

Early Childhood Studies
A narrative of the role of learning theories in childhood education
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Introduction
• Learning is an important and integral part of human life and can be
either formal or informal (Manuti et al., 2015).
• There are various theories of learning that help a learner and more
specifically, a child go through the process of learning and acquire
necessary skills in the subject area (Olson, 2015).
• This narrative is based on my sister who was scared of mathematics in
junior high but later came to love it.
• Her love for mathematics developed as her teacher helped her through
the subject using different techniques for her to learn.

Theories of learning
Five main theories of learning (Thompson, 2012)

Background
• Out of us two siblings, I was homeschooled as a child and my sister
went to kindergarten.
• She was terrified of mathematics and almost failed her 3rd standard
examination.
• It was in her 4th grade that her teacher began providing her with private
lessons in mathematics using a few learning theories.