Implication for learning

Educational Implications

Piaget concluded that Human Cognition was a network of mental
structures created by an active organism to make sense of its surrounding
world.
Piaget's theories represented a radical departure from the Behaviorist
viewpoint, which was dominant in the mid 1900's. Unlike Piaget,
Behaviorists' did not acknowledge the internal workings of the mind, and
believed that a child was a passive, empty vessel, molded from without.
By the 1960's, Piaget's ideas were embraced by many in the development
of new education systems. The relevance of his ideas for the education of
children made his work especially attractive. Piaget's theories had a major
impact on a number of education principles, especially at the preschool
and early primary levels. His work has served as the foundation for a wide
range of curricula developed over the past few decades.
His principles include:

1. A focus on the process of children's thinking, not just its products.
Teachers must understand the process children use to gain an answer, not
just the correctness of the answer. When teachers can appreciate a child's
method of arriving at a particular answer, they are then in the position to
provide the appropriate learning environment for that child. Thus, building
on the child's current level of cognitive functioning.
2. Recognition of the crucial role of children's self-initiated and active
involvement in learning activities.
Children are encouraged to discover and learn for themselves through a
visual and practical interaction with the subject.
3. A de-emphasis on practices aimed at children becoming 'adult-like'
in their thinking.
Premature teaching may be worse than no teaching at all. It leads to a
superficial acceptance of adult formulas rather than true cognitive
understanding.

4. Acceptance of individual differences in developmental progress.
Piaget's theory assumes that all children go through the same sequence of
development, but they do so at different rates. Teachers must make a special
effort to provide classroom activities for individuals and small groups, rather than
for the total class group. Assessment should be based on individual progress,
rather than on the normal standards of same age peers.

• People learns in different ways, teacher needs to use diff. strategies of teaching.
• Parent and teachers should help children develop good study habits by supervision.
• Since learning is habit formation there should be no exception to following the rules of good study
habits.
• Drill often on those things that should be automatized or those that will be needed through out life.
• The learning of any fact or information will be easier the more it is associated with other things, recall
will also be easier.
• Frequent review will prevent forgetting.
• Youth is the time for study, so while young make use every opportunity for the preparation towards
earning a living.
• Maturity is the time for production ex: earning a living and being creative.
• Students learn best when they enjoy it together with the other learners (Social)
• If students are involved in the learning process they are more likely to pay attention, remember and
apply what they learn (political)

• If the learners have aren’t easy to define or control specially the youngsters of today (emotional)
• Learners tend to stay in school due to peer group with the same aspiration and belief where in they can
decide within the group (Cultural)
• Attitude of the learners aren’t easy to define or control specially if the youngsters are living below
poverty lines where in they don’t have enough basic necessities. (economic)

The spectrum of learning theories of today’s education consists of many approaches or ways of
explaining how humans learn. A description of each of these theories will not suffice in providing
you with enough knowledge to critically examine how the current situation of our educative
process for today, wherein the technology has a major part of learning process.
Therefore the real impact of different learning theories is immeasurable but it is more visible on the
end result. Such they are;
1. Individuals who are socially oriented
2. Individuals who are politically oriented
3. Individuals who are economically oriented
4. Individuals who are culturally oriented
5. Individuals who are emotionally strengthen

Hence the real implication to education of
different theories of learning to education
will be determine if an individual found to
be totally develop socially, emotionally,
politically, economically and culturally.

Thank You
•By: Tony Sphinx :P

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