Kindling a Flame or Filling Vessels:  Critical Analysis and Reflection of the Application of Learning Theories in an Adult Learning Context in Medical Administration Introduction For many years psychologists and theorists have sought to comprehend how people learn, permeating the field of education with an array of theories.  Learning is defined as ‘a relatively permanent Read More …

Conclusion I thoroughly enjoyed the Learning Theories module.  Even though I touched on learning theories during my degree this was more in-depth and constructivism and connectivism were new. I realised throughout the module that I demonstrate a strong behaviourist approach.  This was also evident during my assignment where I carried out the Principles of Adult Read More …

The following is a reflection on Week 4 of the Learning Theories module using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. Discussion Today we had a flipped class.  As noted by Bergmann and Sams the concept of a flipped classroom is ‘that which is traditionally done in class is now done at home, and that which is traditionally done as homework is Read More …

The following is a reflection on Week 3 of the Learning Theories module using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. Description Today we covered Constructivism, Social Constructivism & CoPs and an added bonus was Connectivism.  We were introduced to Piaget, Bruner, Vygotsky, Bandura, Freire and Wenger to name but a few. Constructivism Constructivism is where learners construct their own Read More …

The following is a reflection on Week 2 of the Learning Theories module using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. Description We covered both the Behaviourist and Cognitive Theories in class this week. Behaviourism Behaviourism defines learning as a change in behaviour where there is association between stimulus and response.  I was relatively comfortable with the behaviourist theory Read More …

The following is a reflection on Week 1 of the Learning Theories module using Gibbs Reflective Cycle.  Homework for Week 1 is also included. Description The journey begins with our first lecture in Learning Theories.  So what is Learning and what is Theory? Learning can be defined as a change in behaviour (Birkenholz, 1999) or ‘learning is Read More …