Theories of Teaching and Learning in Education Studies

Theories of teaching
and learning
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Table of Contents
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Indicate whether the following statements are true or false along with the reason..........4
1.2 Reflect on what you know about children’s cognitive development and then decide if you
agree or disagree with the statement below. Provide reasons to support your argument.......5
1.3 Piaget’s view of learner....................................................................................................6
1.4 Four central indications (features) of a child in the pre-operational stage of development
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1.5 Explain an instance the cognitive structures of assimilation and accommodation is used7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
2.1 Why it is important for the teacher to create lesson plans................................................7
2.2 What is the topic and the objective of the lesson being presented here?.........................7
2.3 Why is it important to record the pre-knowledge that learners need on your lesson plan
template?.................................................................................................................................8
2.4 How is the teacher, who drew up this lesson, planning to call on the learners’ pre
knowledge?.............................................................................................................................8
2.5 Write down three questions that a teacher can ask himself/herself after presenting a lesson
in order to reflect on the effectiveness of the lesson..............................................................8
2.6 In which developmental stage is the grade 4 child according to Piaget?.........................9
2.7 Discuss one cognitive achievement of the stage mentioned in the previous question.....9
2.8 Describe three considerations to keep in mind when planning a lesson from a Piagetian
perspective..............................................................................................................................9
2.9 Teacher Eva asks you to create an introduction for this lesson by using the mediation
technique of ‘recruit’. Use the information that you have learned and create a suitable
introduction for this lesson plan...........................................................................................10
2.10 Describe two other mediation techniques.....................................................................10
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
TASK 4.........................................................................................................................................10
TASK 5..........................................................................................................................................10
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REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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TASK 1
1.1 Indicate whether the following statements are true or false along with the reason.
1.1.1 Behaviourists believe that the developing child is a blank slate.
It is true that Behaviourists believe that the developing child is blank slate because child's
mind is influenced by the impressions from the external world. As a child learn and develop by
the contact with the physical environment by listening with spoken or written ideas of other
people. This approach of behaviourist is true as in this it is assumed that child's mind is clean
slate in which when information is poured it is developed accordingly (Locke, 2018). In this
blank slate means child's brain is receiver and need external motivation for development.
1.1.2 Theory of learning is a model of studying, what the principles of learning are, and how
all the different theorists view learning.
True, theory of Learning principles are the models of studying in which student learn most
effectively. There are mainly 5 learning principles that are discussed below:
 Participation:
 Repetition
 Relevance
 Transference
 Feedback
According to the theorist Wilhelm Wundt, learning is basic psychological process that involves
the investigation of principles of learning and learning methods as a result of experience.
According to John Watson, as the first perspective the learning is gained through observation and
manipulation of the stimulus response association (Mukhalalati and Taylor, 2019). This means
learning is the behaviourist perspective that has strict adherence to the observable behaviour.
1.1.3 The theories of Vygotsky and Skinner can be described as Constructivist perspectives.
True, the theories of Vygotsky can be described as constructivist because Vygotsky's approach
for the development of child is in the form of social constructivism, as based on the idea of the
cognitive functions the theories of Vygotsky are the social interaction products. But it is false
that the theories of Skinner are described as constructivist because their theories are proponents
of the behaviourism in which it is identified that how learning is impacted by alterations in the
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