2. Behaviorism
Behaviorism is the prediction and
control of human behavior in
which and/or independent
thinking play no essential part of
its teaching methods.
3. Ivan Pavlov (1894-1936)
•Ivan Pavlov, behaviorist, won a Nobel
Prize in Physiology in 1904.
•He used classical conditioning, which
refers to the natural reflex that occurs in
response to a stimulus, in order to teach
dogs to salivate when he rang a bell.
•The idea of classical conditioning soon
spread to humans as more and more
behaviorists believed that this idea had
human applications.
4. B.F. Skinner (1904-1990)
•B.F Skinner was a behavioral scientist
who came up with a behaviorist model
of education called operant
conditioning
•In his behavioral model, He believed
that when a student is positively
rewarded for behaving in a matter that
is desirable to the instructor, the child
will learn how to behave in that way.
•Also reinforcement has been found to
be a powerful motivator.
5. Albert Bandura
•Born in 1925, Albert Bandura is well known for
his ideas on the Social Cognitive Theory.
•Motivational factors and self-regulatory
mechanisms are what Bandura believes
contributes most to a person’s behavior.
•Observational modeling, which is watching
something and then mimicking the observed
behavior, is another theory Bandura has
experimented with.
6. Teachers and Behaviorism
With technology:
The teacher can reward students for receiving an
excellent grade on an assignment or for simply
completing a project early by allowing the student to use
a classroom computer. The student would be allowed to
utilize their computer time to play learning or typing
games.
Without technology:
The teacher can still reward students for exceptional
work by allowing extra time at recess or a small gift, such
as a sticker.
7. Students and Behaviorism
With technology:
There are several computer programs now that simulate a
quiz-based activity. For a correct
behavior/answer, positive reinforcement is given to the
student, yet for an incorrect response, a negative
reinforcement is the result.
Without technology:
Students still enjoy receiving positive feedback for their
answers and will work hard to achieve the praise/reward
from a teacher, not simply a computer. Therefore, if a
teacher focuses on verbalizing the feedback, the students
will strive to have that recognition for themselves.
8. Using Behaviorism in Teaching
First a teacher would have set guidelines of how one is to behave
during class.
A teacher will positively reward behavior that is desired so a
child will learn to behave in that manner more consistently.
Rewarding behaviors like 100% homework that is turned in, with
a pizza party when a class has behaved well as a whole.
A teacher will also punish negative behavior. For
example, detention for being late, staying indoors during recess
because of bad behavior, and so on.
In a technology sense, every time that a quiz or test is taken by
computer, there is a positive response to correct answers such as
great job or well done. Whenever there is a wrong answer, there
can be something like please try again.
9. Credits
Image sources:
B.F. Skinner Image:
http://www.skeptically.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpict
ures/skinner-bust-70s.jpg
Ivan Pavlov Image: http://www.famouspeopleinfo.com/wp-
content/uploads/2011/10/Ivan-Pavlov-1.jpg
Albert Bandura Image:
http://www.northlandprep.org/albert%20bandura.gif
Source of information:
Shelly, Gary B. "Learning Theories and Educational
Research." Teachers Discovering Computers: Integrating
Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom. Boston,
MA: Thomson/Course Technology, 2008. 367-70. Print.
