WEEK 5 – ED1BTL. Learner-centred ed
Mezirow:
o Kinds of reflection:
Discriminant = is what I believe really true?
Judgmental = how do I judge what is right or wrong?
Affective = how do I feel about this?
Concrete experience (having experience) -> reflective observation (reflecting on experience)
-> abstract conceptualisation (learning from experience) -> active experimentation (planning
what you’ve learnt)
CIRCLE DIAGRAM!
Governing variable -> action strategy -> consequences
Single-loop learning
Double-loop learning
o Learning-centred approaches have in common:
Intrinsic learning
Experimenting
Dewey:
o learning = growth
o mind is fundamentally adaptive
o morally beneficial
o influenced by Darwin – humans evolved & solving problems
Early years children need space for experimenting.
Learning never a purely mental activity.
Maslow:
o 1908 – 1970
o Hierarchy of needs
o 1954, Toward a Positive Psychology = positive psychology aims to provide empirical
support for the humanistic theories of writers.
} key contributors:
Seligman
Csikzentmihalyi
Fredrickson
Fredrickson:
o Pos. emotions build individual’s long-lasting psychological intellectual, physical &
social resources
o Fredrickson & Cohn (2008) – broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions
Carl rogers:
o 1902 – 1987
o ‘core conditions’ for learning:
Mezirow:
o Kinds of reflection:
Discriminant = is what I believe really true?
Judgmental = how do I judge what is right or wrong?
Affective = how do I feel about this?
Concrete experience (having experience) -> reflective observation (reflecting on experience)
-> abstract conceptualisation (learning from experience) -> active experimentation (planning
what you’ve learnt)
CIRCLE DIAGRAM!
Governing variable -> action strategy -> consequences
Single-loop learning
Double-loop learning
o Learning-centred approaches have in common:
Intrinsic learning
Experimenting
Dewey:
o learning = growth
o mind is fundamentally adaptive
o morally beneficial
o influenced by Darwin – humans evolved & solving problems
Early years children need space for experimenting.
Learning never a purely mental activity.
Maslow:
o 1908 – 1970
o Hierarchy of needs
o 1954, Toward a Positive Psychology = positive psychology aims to provide empirical
support for the humanistic theories of writers.
} key contributors:
Seligman
Csikzentmihalyi
Fredrickson
Fredrickson:
o Pos. emotions build individual’s long-lasting psychological intellectual, physical &
social resources
o Fredrickson & Cohn (2008) – broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions
Carl rogers:
o 1902 – 1987
o ‘core conditions’ for learning:
