Psychological Foundations of

Education

Reporter:Ramil L. Gallardo

Psychological Foundations of Education

Behavioral Psychology and Learning

Effective Teaching and Evaluation of Learning

Foundations of Bilingual Education

Behavioral Psychology and Learning

Albert Bandura became the best-

known advocate of social learning

theory. He postulates that one learns with other

people in the social environment in which he lives.

He stresses the process of learning

through observation learning and

vicarious conditioning.Observational

learning- learning by watching or

observing other people’s behavior.Vicarious conditioning-

learning by way of seeing directly or by

hiring about consequences as a

result of other people’s action.

Four Learning Mechanisms in

Obsevational Learning:• Attention• Retention• Motivation• Reinforcement

Behavioral Psychology and Learning

John Watson argued that any science of behavior must be

based on observable events known as

behaviorism

Classical conditioning is

learning that involves the

modification of a reflex; the

conditioning stimulus, which is

neutral at the start, eventually initiates

the same behavioral

responses as the unconditioned stimulus (reflex

reaction).

Behavioral Psychology and Learning

A key concept in Burrhus Frederic

Skinner’s system is the process of

operant conditioning.

Operant conditioning is a process of learning in which reinforced behaviors tend to be repeated and

occur more frequently.

Reinforcement is the process by

which a stimulus increases the

probability that a preceding behavior

will be repeated.

Basic Principles of Operant Conditioning:

• Positive reinforcement (reward)

• Negative reinforcement (punishment)

Effective Teaching and Evaluation of Learning

Using a variety of pedagogies

Encouraging student responsibility

Having mastery of subject matter

Providing safe environment

Monitoring progress and providing

feedback

Building positive relationships

Effective Teaching

Foundations of Bilingual EducationBilingualism is the

person’s ability to speak or write fluently

in two languages. Bilingualism is

distinguished into two: • Productive

Bilingualism• Receptive

BilingualismTwo Major Patterns in Bilingual Language

Acquisition:• Simultaneous

bilingualism• Sequential

bilingualism

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