Social Learning Theory: Albert Bandura And Christian Education
Albert Bandura and Christian Education
Introduction
From the inception of civilization till today human beings thirst and hunger for knowledge, to learn, to know and to apply has been given a place of vital importance like any other basic human needs. A major focus of social learning theory was socialization, the process by which society attempts to teach children to behave like the ideal adults of that society (Miller, 2002, p. 171).This research paper on Albert Bandura and Christian education will focus on children’s social learning and its implications in the learner’s context.
Albert Bandura: Social learning theory Bandura’s social learning theory also known as observation learning assumes that we learn from each other through observation, imitation and modeling which I believe is relevant when we look at education from Christian’s perspective.
Social learning theory moved away from traditional behaviorism in three distinct ways. First, direct reinforcement of the observer is not necessary for learning to occur. Learning is strengthened in the observer when the model is reinforced. Bandura called this type of reinforcement vicarious – a term that means, “in the place of another.” Second, social learning theory integrates cognitive processes into its behavioral view. Bandura includes this theory in his rational encoding and mental …show more content…
According to McLeod (2014), this situation involves the child and an adult model, which is a very limited social situation and there is no interaction between the child and the model at any point; certainly the child has no chance to influence the model in any way. Also the model and the child are strangers. This, of course is quite unlike ‘normal’ modeling, which often takes place within the family (Bobo doll experiment, para.
Introduction
From the inception of civilization till today human beings thirst and hunger for knowledge, to learn, to know and to apply has been given a place of vital importance like any other basic human needs. A major focus of social learning theory was socialization, the process by which society attempts to teach children to behave like the ideal adults of that society (Miller, 2002, p. 171).This research paper on Albert Bandura and Christian education will focus on children’s social learning and its implications in the learner’s context.
Albert Bandura: Social learning theory Bandura’s social learning theory also known as observation learning assumes that we learn from each other through observation, imitation and modeling which I believe is relevant when we look at education from Christian’s perspective.
Social learning theory moved away from traditional behaviorism in three distinct ways. First, direct reinforcement of the observer is not necessary for learning to occur. Learning is strengthened in the observer when the model is reinforced. Bandura called this type of reinforcement vicarious – a term that means, “in the place of another.” Second, social learning theory integrates cognitive processes into its behavioral view. Bandura includes this theory in his rational encoding and mental …show more content…
According to McLeod (2014), this situation involves the child and an adult model, which is a very limited social situation and there is no interaction between the child and the model at any point; certainly the child has no chance to influence the model in any way. Also the model and the child are strangers. This, of course is quite unlike ‘normal’ modeling, which often takes place within the family (Bobo doll experiment, para.