RATS!!!!
its the return of skinner!!!
ok, I know there was a bit of behaviorism overload on this blog a few weeks back, but here are some good articles for you all to see, read, love, and hate.
Lehrstuhl für Genetik und Neurobiologie
A Primer on Educational Psychology
What is Behaviorism?
Incorporating self-direction in learning concepts into the instructional design process.
enjoy!
Showing posts with label behaviorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label behaviorism. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Behaviorism is great for this guy.
And Im sure that in boot camp, it has it benefits over constructivism.
But as elementary school teachers Im not so sure this will be the most effective way to get our points across to children.
What the child is willing to accept and will help them learn, is not the same thing as what the 18 year old recuit is willing to accept.
There is some good stuff on youtube about Skinner in perticular, here is a video that I liked.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Behaviorism
What role does Behaviorism play in education?
My dyad classroom is heavy into behaviorism, with everybody getting a points chart. The day is broken into 30-45 minute segments, and you get points in 3 categories (directions, body to self, doing work). I've never really been around it, so I have little familiarity with it beyond this experience. But, for the untrained educator, it has been a bit to manage.
I find myself in a middle ground where I am struggling to catch them being good (and missing on some of the praise I need to give), while simultaneously giving them a long leash (and not nailing them for behavior straight away). It came to a head today when I gave one student a point after the fact, when he was turned and talking to another one. I essentially reinforced the turning and talking, not the actual thing I meant to reward.
Which brings me to the question at the top, what role does/should behaviorism play in education? What should we reward? Does it work? Where does it fit in your classroom, in the grand scheme of management? What happens in high school or when there is no school anymore?
My dyad classroom is heavy into behaviorism, with everybody getting a points chart. The day is broken into 30-45 minute segments, and you get points in 3 categories (directions, body to self, doing work). I've never really been around it, so I have little familiarity with it beyond this experience. But, for the untrained educator, it has been a bit to manage.
I find myself in a middle ground where I am struggling to catch them being good (and missing on some of the praise I need to give), while simultaneously giving them a long leash (and not nailing them for behavior straight away). It came to a head today when I gave one student a point after the fact, when he was turned and talking to another one. I essentially reinforced the turning and talking, not the actual thing I meant to reward.
Which brings me to the question at the top, what role does/should behaviorism play in education? What should we reward? Does it work? Where does it fit in your classroom, in the grand scheme of management? What happens in high school or when there is no school anymore?
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