BEHAVIORISM, COGNITIVISM, CONSTRUCTIVISM....

25/02/2021

Day 34: The class began with a prayer at chappal. After prayer, we moved to optional class. At the optional class, ma'am revised the points that we taught at the last class. Ma'am discussed about Behaviourism, Cognitivism and Constructivism.

Behaviorism

•In a teacher- student relationship learning happens through stimulus response.

•Exponents are

Watson, Pavlov, Skinner. 

Cognitivism

•Make the sense organs attentive. 

•Information processing occurs in cognitivism. 

Exponents of cognitivism are

Piaget, Bruner, Ausubel

Constructivism

•Rise from actual ability to potential ability with the help of teachers, peers. 

•It is the ZPD zone

( Zone of Proximal Development). 

Exponents of constructivism are'

John Dewey, Piaget, Bruner, Vygotsky. 

Ma'am ended the morning session by gave us a general introduction on microteaching. 

Then principal sir announced us to move to seminar Hall 2.Then we soon moved to seminar Hall.Sir told any one of the student to revise the points that we discussed at last class.So, One of the student from English optional revised the points that sir taught at the last class. 

Then sir explained in detailed about note making process and how can we make our note book wonderful by use of different colour pens. Then sir shared the pending portion on skills of a teacher. 

Stimulus variation

•Purposeful movement

•Meaningful Gestures

•Change in speech pattern

•Change in interaction style. 

Questioning

•Wording or language

•Types of question

•Probing

•Redirection

•Appreciation

These were the points discussed at the class. 

Afternoon session was handled by optional teacher. Ma'am gave idea on submission of online assignment, Reading and reflection and finally the seminar presentation. 

Then discussed about points on microteaching. 

•Microteaching was put forward by

 D W Allen. 

•It is a teacher training programme, rather than teaching technique. 

•Every thing is small in microteaching. 

•Introducing a lesson is a skill. 

•Explaining skill. 

•Skill of illustration with example. 

Thought For The Day:

" One child, One teacher, One book, One pen can change the world "-

Malala Yousafzayi