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Children's behaviour and learning theories

   

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BEHAVIOUR1Introduction:Every individual has different personality and cultural background and thus respond in different ways to the situations. Many children study together in an education centre but behave differently on the similar situations. This behaviour varies as per their culture, thinking, prior experiences etc (Novak & Cañas, 2008). There are different learning theories studied by different theorists in order to learn about the behaviour of the students at the time of learning. Some of the theories are behavioural theory, humanist theory, cognitive theory, ecological theory, social cultural theory etc. This essay concentrates on one of those theories and the difference in learning behaviour and patterns of the student. Reasons behind such behaviour are also discussedin the essay. What is behaviour?Behaviour is the nature of the person or an individual that helps the individual to make a particular image in the society. It can vary with person to person. There are many factors that affect the behaviour of the person and thus similar situation are perceived very differently by different people. As per the behaviouristic theory of learning, behaviour can be defined as the response to the stimuli that is based on the environment around the individual. (Davids, Button & Bennett, 2008). Behaviouristic theory of learning:Behaviouristic theory of learning is the psychological approach. It has been analysed that this theory only focuses on the environment and assumes that the interaction with the environment is the only process that helps the children to learn (Taylor, 2008).Assumptions:Behaviour can be learned from environment: as per this theory, only the environmental factors force the children to behave in a way they respond to a particular situation. It neglects the fact of inherited and innate factors and their impact on the learning process. The next assumption of thistheory is that psychology is science (Bouton, 2007).It is believed that psychology of the behaviouristic view depends on the observation. This also assumes that there is very little
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BEHAVIOUR2difference between learning of animals and humans and thus theory can be implemented on the educational; learning of the children. Behaviour as socio cultural construct: Behaviour is considered as the socio cultural construct. This is because the behaviour of any of the individual depends upon the society he lives in. As per the behaviouristic theory, it is the environmental factors that affect the behaviour of the student at the classroom and that environment is part of the social and cultural elements that surrounds the students (Cheon, Lee, Crooks & Song, 2012). Schools or the educational centre provides a different type of environment to the student as compared to their home and thus they may behave differently at both the places.The student who are very punctual at school may not behave the same way at home because theyare exposed to different type of social cultural environment at both the places. Quote:The quote that forms as the basis of this discussion is- “Children who have difficulty in regulating their emotions, paying attention, initiating peer interactions and sustaining engagement in learning tasks are at risks for school difficulties”. This quote explains that Children find it difficult to manage activities in the school if they do not have active behaviour towards processes. Types of behaviour:There are different types of behaviour that have been observed amongst the children at the time of educational learning. As per this theory, many behaviouristic researches have been done in this context. One of the major researches of Pavlov has come up with the classical conditioning principle. The conclusion of this research suggests that response of the individual depends on theenvironment he or she is exposed to (Siemens, 2014). As far as learning is considered, it has been analysed that the next move or learning behaviour of the person can be predicted by the learning events that has happened to him. Three major laws have been concluded from this. The first law of effect suggests that behaviour is dependent on the consequences. When behaviour leads to positive consequence, it will assume to be repeated and if the consequences are negative it may stop. The next law that is the law of exercise suggests that if the frequency of the behaviour and the consequences are more than it leads to a strong connection between the same. The last law of
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