Education Theories

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This paper discusses the great deal of worthwhile information for today's instructional professionals, that is related to styles of learning and psychological approaches to learning, which can be found in contemporary literature. The paper presents a review and analysis of the literature, reflecting a diversity of ideas and techniques for the learning process.

Outline:
Massification of Higher Education
Direct Instruction
Albert Bandura
Scaffolding
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Theory for Teaching Technology

From the Paper:

"The person who created the concept of ZPD, Lev Vygotsky, believed basically that "humans use tools that develop from a culture, such as speech and writing, to mediate their social environments" (Riddle, 1999); also, Vygotsky understood the importance of a teacher becoming a collaborator rather than "dictating her meaning...for future recitation..." In the e-Book Learning, Teaching & Technology (Lipscomb, et al., 2004), it is emphasized that the ZPD is "always changing" as the student's knowledge expands; and as the scaffolding is gradually removed (a process called "fading"), teachers should soon see whether or not they correctly judged the ZPD, or if in fact they went too far beyond a student's ability to learn in the first round of scaffolding."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Brandon, Thomas H.; Herzog, Thaddeus A.; Irvin, Jennifer E.; & Gwaltney, Chad J. (2004). Cognitive and social learning models of drug dependence; implications for the assessment ofTobacco dependence in adolescents. Addiction, 99(1), 51-77.
• Center on English Learning and Achievement. (2002). Scaffolding Student Performance ofNew and Difficult Tasks. Retrieved March 10, 2007, fromhttp://cela.albany.edu/newslet/fall02/scaffolding.htm.
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• Hartman, Hope. (2002). Instructional Scaffolding. City College of New York. Retrieved March, 11, 2007, from http://condor.admin.ccny.cuny.edu/~group4/Lange/Lange%20Paper.doc.
• Grossen, Bonnie. (2004). Success of a Direct Instruction Model at a Secondary Level SchoolHigh-Risk Students. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 23, 161-178.

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