What do we know about

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What do we know about Mechanisms of Learning
and Why Should we care about?
Core Curriculum Course March 2, 2009
by
Emil Bogenmann, PhD, EdD The Saban Research
Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
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Why do we talk about learning?
Because You are a learner!
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Because You are a Teacher!
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What is learning and what are The Theories of
learning?
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Jean Piaget (1896-1990)
Piaget proposed that human development goes
through Very discrete stages where schemas are
established
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Lev Vygotski (1896-1934)
Human development (learning) is based on Social
interactions and language (socio-Cultural view)
Postulation of a Zone of proximal development
(the distance of actual development and
Development potential with adult guidance
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Principles of Social-Cognitive Theory
(A. Bandura)
People learn by observing the behavior of
others, as well as observing outcomes of such
behavior
Learning can occur without a change in behavior
The consequence of behavior plays a role in
learning
Cognition plays a role in learning
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Reciprocal Causation
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Modeling
Behavior and skills can be learned Through
effective modeling
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Self-Regulation
Self-regulation has the following processes
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Characteristics of the Sensory Register
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FILTER
attention
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Factors affecting Attention
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The Architecture of human cognition Working
Memory
(Eggen Kauchak, 2001, p. 261)
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The Architecture of human cognition Long Term
Memory
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Metacognition
THE KNOWLEDGE OF ONES OWN COGNITIVE PROCESSES
AND THE EFFICIENT USE OF THIS SELF-AWARNESS TO
SEL-REGULATE THESE COGNITIVE PROCESSES
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Cognitive overload
Cognitive underload
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What does this mean for teachers/learners?
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