3i's Lesson Plan (Theories of Learning)
3i's Lesson Plan (Theories of Learning)
Learning: is the
process of acquiring
new understanding,
knowledge,
behaviors, skills,
values, attitudes, and
preferences
Question: What do
you think is our topic
for today?
Answer: Our topic
for today is all about
the theories which
can explain how
students acquire
learning.
2. INTERACTION
Discussion
Language teaching
- the starting point of
it is understanding of
how people learn.
Language can be
understood as
reflection of human
thought processes
and language
learning is
conditioned by the
way in which the
mind observes,
organizes and stores
information. In other
words, the key to
success to language
teaching and learning
lies not in the
analysis of nature of
language(syntax or
grammar) but in
understanding the
structure and
processes of the
mind.
TWO PATTERNS
IN
DEVELOPMENTS
IN LEARNING
THEORY
Relating to
language -
Description of the
language
Relating to
learning - How
learners learn
THE HISTORY OF
THEORIES
Comenius’
Studies
general
theory of education
around the idea of
education according
to nature whereby
children learned at a
natural pace from
simple concepts to
challenging theories
The Direct
Method
focuses on
full immersion in the
classroom
environment where
not one word of the
students' native
language is spoken.
No Coherent
theory… till the 20th
century
FOUR MAIN
STAGE OF
DEVELOPMENT
• Behaviorism:
learning as habit
formation
• Mentalism:
thinking as rule-
governed activity
• Cognitive Code:
learners as thinking
beings
• Affective
Factor: learners as
emotional beings
Behaviorism:
Learning as habit
formation
Questions:
1. What is
behaviorism all
about?
2. What are the
precepts or principles
that you might get in
behaviorism towards
the aspect of learning
of the child
3. Do you agree
about the theory of
behaviorism?
MENTALISM:
thinking as rule-
governed activity
What is chomsky's
idea about the
learning of a child?
COGNITIVE
CODE: LEARNERS
AS THINKING
BEINGS
Learning is a process
in which the learner
actively tries to make
sense of data and
learning can be said
to have taken place
when the learner has
managed to impose
some sort of
meaningful
interpretation or
pattern on the data.
LEARNER:
PASSIVE
RECEIVER
(BEHAVIORIST)
ACTIVE
PROCCESOR
(COGNITIVE
THEORY)
FOCUS:
The problem-
solving task is the
basic teaching
technique
Sources aimed
at teaching reading
strategies are
developed
Learners are at
the centre of the
learning process
CONCLUSION:
Learners learn when
they actively think
about what they are
learning.
AFFECTIVE
FACTOR:
LEARNERS AS
EMOTIONAL
BEINGS
Learners are
considered as human
beings with feelings
and emotions
because of that
learning is affected
with it and
motivation greatly
influences our
learners.
LEARNER:
Affective Factor
Consider as a
human being (with
feelings and
emotions)
Cognitive Theory
Programmable
Machines (Act in a
logical and sensible
manner)
MOTIVATION:
• Instrumental
Motivation - also can
be called extrinsic
motivation in which
the learners are being
motivated because
they need it. Learners
are learning a
language because
they want to.
• Integrative
Motivation - also
can be called
intrinsic motivation
in which the learners
are being motivated
because they desired
it and they really
want to learn.
As an aspiring
teacher someday,
what theory explains
the most about the
learning of the child?