Theories of learning and teaching

As a teacher, it is important to be educated in all theories because each one has strengths and weaknesses. The methods of education are constantly changing and as a teacher it is important to give students a variety of methods of learning and a quality education. 

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Critical Pedagogy 

The views of critical pedagogy in education are that social and political issues are not separate from education and knowledge. 
Scholarly article link here 
link to video of conversation with influential theorist here 

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Situated learning 

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Situated learning focuses on the collaborative interaction of students together as they partake in contextually appropriate situations in order to gain knowledge.
http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/situated-learning.html
A short webpage describing the basics of Situated Learning Theory in simple terms

https://goo.gl/gHsFiq
A book which describes the full process of Situated Learning Theory and how it relates to other learning theories

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Social Learning 

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https://www.learning-theories.com/social-learning-theory-bandura.html
Website providing the run down of Bandura’s social theory


http://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/Bandura/Bandura1969HSTR.pdf

Bandura’s book “Social Learning Theory of Identificatory Processes”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbruJh0MODI

​Video explaining Bandura’s social cognitive theory and vicarious learning
Bandura’s Social Learning Theory demonstrates the student students learn from observation, modeling, and imitation. This is not to be confused with behaviorism where students are rewarded or punished, but actually subconsciously take on the behaviors through the examples of their teachers.