through Constructive Alignment In responding to the assignment question‚ I have considered and reflected on my approaches to teaching‚ facilitating and learning in the context of constructivism and constructive alignment. Therefore the assignment is structured broadly as follows: I provide a definition of constructivism and contructive alignment based on my literature review ( reading materials made available via blackboard) and my practice in the field of adult learning and facilitation I discuss
Premium Educational psychology Learning
important throughout the national health service (NHS)‚ which staff must be able to act upon and use within their own department where ever they may be based. One theory of learning which works well in my experience is the cognitivist theory or “constructivism”. This theory
Premium Theory Learning Education
our thinking process. Many experiments have been conducted on the brain including techniques to observe behavioural effects by using stimulus response. Stimulus being the external and response being the brain. There are three types of behaviourism 1. Classic conditioning 2. Operant conditioning 3.social learning. Pavlov used
Premium Psychology Mind Unconscious mind
Functionalism is one of the major proposals that have been offered as solutions to the mind/body problem. Solutions to the mind/body problem usually try to answer questions such as: What is the ultimate nature of the mental? At the most general level‚ what makes a mental state mental? Or more specifically‚ What do thoughts have in common in virtue of which they are thoughts? That is‚ what makes a thought a thought? What makes a pain a pain? Cartesian Dualism said the ultimate nature of the mental
Premium Mind Philosophy of mind
The history of graphic art and the cycle of politicization‚ depoliticization and then repoliticization span the late 19th century through and into the 21st century. Evolving from humble beginnings into the commercial behemoth it’s become to today this essay will explore graphic design’s evolution and the politics that affected this growing art movement during this influential timeline. Graphic design set its first roots in Germany in 1455 with the introduction of the Blackletter typeface and Johannes
Premium Art Nouveau Graphic design Modern art
Six Major Schools of Thought in Psychology Every academic discipline‚ from literature and history to sociology and theology‚ has competing theories or schools of thought: perspectives from which to study the subject. Psychology‚ the study of the mind‚ has hundreds of theories and subtheories‚ but it is possible to identify six main schools of thought every psychology student should know. Functionalism Functionalism has the most influence of any theory in contemporary psychology. Psychological functionalism
Premium Psychology
reasonable to approach this question with two communication theories with different fundamental approaches to communication. In order to cover both the interpretive and objective theoretical approach‚ I will discuss the definition in relation to Constructivism and Semiotics. The Definition
Premium Communication Semiotics
political gain. This essay will discuss to what degree Instrumentalism is to blame for the Rwandan Genocide of 1994‚ focussing on the notion of the elite manipulation of the masses. Two other theories – Constructivism and Primordialism – have also been used to explain ethnic conflict. Constructivism argues that ethnic conflict is a product of historical processes over time that result in divergent ethnic identities and hostility between them. Primordialism argues that ethnic conflict stems from
Premium Rwandan Genocide Rwanda Hutu
In Reality Bites‚ Troy- an idolized‚ philosophical hipster‚ ends up being the final love interest of Lelaina- an ambitious‚ self-important‚ victim of a love triangle trope. Through analyzing the Schools of Thought within Psychology‚ it will be explained as to why their relationship is not only unhealthy‚ but will not last. Firstly‚ Troy holds the belief that life is pointless. How can someone believe in love- a huge aspect of life- if nothing truly matters? It’s a complete contradiction. Lelaina
Premium Mind Psychology Sigmund Freud
environment we are in‚ which provides stimuli to which we respond‚ and the environments we have been in in the past‚ which caused us to learn to respond to stimuli in particular ways. John Broadus Watson revolutionised psychology and established behaviourism. He states the ‘consciousness’ could not be seen or meaningfully defined and therefore should not be studied. He claimed behaviour could be shaped and manipulated‚ in 1930‚ he famously said‚ ‘Give me a dozen healthy infants…and I’ll guarantee to
Premium Behaviorism Classical conditioning Operant conditioning