Week 3 T2P

Learning theories allow for a student-centered classroom environment. This allows the teacher to focus their pedagogy or methodologies on the way their students learn and the various lessons they can do to enhance the students learning to understanding. Social learning theory speaks volumes about how students are influenced by their peers not only in life but in the classroom as well. An example of social learning would be if students were put into various groups to answer a specific question and then work together to come to a cohesive answer. Using this method within the English content can be beneficial because analyses of literature can be interpreted in many ways therefore catering to different students' different thinking. This ties to Constructivist learning theory which allows students to comprehend new concepts and ideas using lessons and understandings that were learned in the past. It also ties into Developmental learning theory which basically focuses on age appropriate and understandable material and methods.

B.F. Skinners operant conditioning theory offers a behavioral modification addition to the classroom which aids in a more controlled environment for successful learning. By using Blooms Taxonomy to assess students, the teacher can grasp an understanding of how effective their pedagogy and methodology is. The key is to get students to think for themselves while directing and guiding them to where they need to go in order to become successful learners of content and skills.

If a teachers pedagogy is student-centered and uses a combination of the well-known learning theories, then the students can be successful learners because the combined elements of the theories can create an environment and methodology suited for students to learn content as well as come to an understanding of that content.