Abstract
A broad orientation to the principles and mechanisms underlying three major views of learning, namely, the behavioral perspective, the cognitive perspective, and the sociocultural perspective are presented. The focuses are on how these perspectives differ in their grounding assumptions and beliefs on how learning occurs and what constitutes the results or products of learning, as well as their impacts on research, practices, and educational policies.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition |
Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
Pages | 238-245 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780080970875 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780080970868 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 26 Mar 2015 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- General Social Sciences
User-Defined Keywords
- Behaviorism
- Bioecological system
- Cognitivism
- Constructivism
- Educational psychology
- Epistemology
- Information processing theory
- Learning
- Metacognition
- Social cognitive theory
- Sociocultural theory