Learning Theory of Cognitivism and its Implications on Students’ Learning
- Author Seema Malik
- DOI http://wwj
- Country : India
- Subject : Constructivism
Keywords : Cognitive learning, Self-regulation, Modelling, Observational learning
Abstract
For the first half of the 20th century, conditioning theories of behaviourism held sway. During the decades of 50 and early 60, they were challenged on many fronts, particularly by Albert Bandura’s studies on observational learning. A central tenet of his theory was the people can acquire new behaviours only by observing other people. Reinforcement was not necessary for learning to occur. People acquire knowledge, skills, strategies, attitudes and beliefs by observing others. Modelling behaviours of other individuals, teachers and parents lead to new learning. Further, people seek control over important events of their lives through self-regulation of their thoughts and actions. The basic processes involved are setting goals, judging anticipated outcomes of actions, evaluating progress towards the goals, emotions and actions. This paper discusses the theory of social cognitivism with its underlying assumptions.
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