EDUC 7105 Module 2 Blog

After reading through the conversations with Bill Kerr, Stephen Downs and Karl Kapp, I tend to agree with Kerr about all the –isms. There seems to be potential for all the different learning theories in education. No one theory can uniquely explain how we learn, if so then we would definitely not have as many beliefs as we do.

I personally believe that we learn through cognitivism but can see the aspects of behaviorism in the respect to stimulus and response and constructivism in respect to problem solving and creativity. We have to be susceptible to change and understand that all theories cannot whole-heartedly explain every aspect of the way we learn. As stated by Kerr (2007) in reference to –isms, “They evolve, they listen to criticism and move on.”

http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/isms-as-filter-not-blinker.html

http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/2007/01/out-and-about-discussion-on-educational.html