1. John Dewey, James A. Banks, and Albert
Bandura
iVET 2013-2014
Basics of Education Sciences, Session 1
Pink group : Virpi Pietilä inen, Jay Thompson, Minna Tuhkanen and
Aleksandra Paravina
3.12.2013

2. John Dewey (1859-1952)
• an American psychologist,
philosopher, educator, social
critic and political activist
• the father of progressive
education
• one of the most influential
educational philosophers of the
20th century
• Dewey had high regard for the
experimental method.

3. Biography
o PhD in 1884
o teaching at the University of Michigan from 1884 to 1888 and
1889-1894
o in 1894: the chairman of the department of philosophy,
psychology, and pedagogy at the University of Chicago
o In 1899, president of the American Psychological Association,
and in 1905 president of the American Philosophical
Association.
o taught at Columbia University from 1905 until he retired in 1929
o traveled the world as a philosopher, social and political theorist,
and educational consultant: lectures in Japan and China from
1919 to 1921, visit to Turkey in 1924 to recommend educational
policy, and a tour of schools in the USSR in 1928.

4. A key theory
Schools must be places of interaction
with the life of the new technological
culture. To this end, the actual interests
of the child must be nurtured and
developed:
interests:
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in communication
in finding out about things
in making things
in artistic expression.
There must be a reciprocal relation
between the school and the wider
society.
Image source :
http://blog.coreknowledge.org/tag/commoncore-state-standards/

5. Albert Bandura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=hHHdovKHDNU
He's is widely described as the
greatest living psychologist and as one
of the most influential psychologists of
all time. He's influenced by cognitive
psychology and social psychology. He
has received more than sixteen
honorary degrees from all over the
world.

6. Biography:
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Born on Dec 4th, 1925 in Mundare, Alberta, Canada.
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1949 – Graduated from the University of British Columbia with a bachelors
degree in Psychology.
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1952 – Received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Iowa.
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1953 – Began teaching at Stanford University.
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1974 – Elected to be be the Eighty-Second President of the APA (American
Psychological Association).
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1980 – Received the APA’s Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.
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2004 - Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology, APA.

7. Albert Bandura is
known for :
Social cognitive theory
- Self-efficacy
- Social learning theory (SLT)
Live model
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Verbal instruction
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Symbolic
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-Bobo doll experiment in 1961
Image source:
http://www.changecards.org/changetheory/social-cognitive-theory/

8. James A. Banks – Multicultural
Education
James A. Banks is an educator who has
been called the “father of multicultural
education.”
Born in 1941 near Marianna, Arkansas
• Grew up in racially divided Southern U.S.
• Questioned why and how different cultures and
races were depicted in textbooks.
• First black professor at Univ. Washington (Seattle)
• Founded UW’s Center for Multicultural Education.
http://youtu.be/1bBb8Nk8Mvs
Image source:
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/enc
yclopedia/media-detail.aspx?mediaID=6814

9. Multicultural education is a discipline that seeks to
develop awareness and skills in teachers and students
for living in a culturally diverse world.
Simply stated, Banks has provided teachers with
detailed solutions as to “what to teach, how to teach,
and how to assess students from different ethnic
groups.”
(Encyclopedia of Arkansas)

10. Banks own definition of multicultural
education includes five dimensions:
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Content integration
Knowledge construction
Prejudice reduction
Equity pedagogy
Empowering school culture
Image source:
http://www-fp.pearsonhighered.com/assets/hip/images/bigcovers/0132696339.jpg

11. Applying James A. Bank’s ideas to a Vocational Education context:
- When teaching, take different cultures into account: be sensitive, be inclusive.
- Foster more racially positive attitudes among students, and avoid racial/sexist humour.
Applying Albert Bandura’s ideas to a Vocational Education context:
- In the classroom and in the workplace, remember: Monkey see, monkey do.
Applying Albert Dewey’s ideas to a Vocational Education context:
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demonstrations
hands-on exercises
company visits
practical training at firms

12. Sources
James A. Banks
www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4682
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/356.berman/james_banks__model
http://www.education.com/reference/article/multicultural-education/
John Dewy
Philosophy of Education: an Encyclopedia, edited by J. J. Chambliss, published by Garland Press,
1996, pp. 146-153.
http://deweycenter.siu.edu/pdf/Dewey_Bio.pdf
http://dewey.pragmatism.org/

13. Selected Publications by Albert Bandura
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Bandura, A. (1977). Social Learning Theory. New York: General Learning Press.
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Bandura, A. (1973). Aggression: A Social Learning Analysis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
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Bandura, A. (1986). Social Foundations of Thought and Action. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Sources :
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http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesofmajorthinkers/p/bio_bandura.htm
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http://www.simplypsychology.org/bobo-doll.html