Learning Theory

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The paper describes how a selected learning theory influences curriculum. The paper focuses on social learning theory and contains a discussion of the learning theory, a description of how it affects curriculum design and thoughts on the use of the theory in the 21st century schools.

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"There are many different learning theories that exist and are used to shape what students learn in the classroom. According to an article in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, social learning theory asserts, "behaviors modeled by others may be imitated in other relationships. Specifically, behaviors of higher status individuals are more likely to be imitated by individuals of lower status (Reese-Weber, 2000)." In other words, this theory asserts that human behavior and its consequences are learned through observation."

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