The lesson today was interesting. It was all very reminiscent of High School psychology, where our lessons were divided up into different perspectives (biological, psychodynamic, etc), and the two I am somewhat familiar with were the cognitive and the behaviorist.
I also had no idea how "young" the constructivist theory was. I had just done reading about it the other day in one of my other classes (EDU 7297 with Prof. Thomas) so I was somewhat familiar with it, but it definitely makes more sense now after the discussion about it in the classroom setting.
It is interesting to note that those three theories of education are very much co-current. Certainly makes me think about different ways to approach teaching.
I must admit, I might need a refresher course about negative reinforcement. It still is a bit dicey, but I am confident that I'll have a firmer grasp on it once I start reviewing it.
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