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Learning Theory – EDUC 5210: Learning Materials

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To best prepare for your future studies, please review the below preparation resources. We encourage you to use the time before starting your first term, to get a taste of the topics of your upcoming courses. There’s no better time to start than now! Good luck with your studies!

Learn: Learning Theory

Course Overview

This course will examine the major theories and models for understanding how students learn.  Attention will be given to the cognitive, affective and sensory/psychomotor domains and implications for learning through differing modalities.  Contributions of neuroscience to understanding adolescent research are explored, and structural barriers to learning such as stereotype threat are discussed.  Students will gain insights into the interplay of learner characteristics, prior experiences, the medium of instruction, and cultural influences and understand that learning is contextual, with no single theory universally applying to every student in every situation.

Preparation Resources

Learning Theory – Course Schedule and Topics:

This course will cover the following topics in eight learning sessions, with one Unit per week.

 

Week 1: Unit 1 – Learning and Teaching in the Classroom

 

Week 2: Unit 2 – Behaviorism and the Information Processing Model in Classroom Practices

 

Week 3: Unit 3 – Observational, Social Learning, & Constructionism in the Classroom

 

Week 4: Unit 4 – Domains of Learning

 

Week 5: Unit 5 – The Adolescent Brain and Neuroscience

 

Week 6: Unit 6 – Barriers to Learning

 

Week 7: Unit 7 – Understanding Learner Characteristics

 

Week 8: Unit 8 – Multiple Approaches to Curriculum Design