Connection To Learning Theory

Connection to Learning Theory

Social Cognitive theory: individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly related to observing

others within the context of social interactions, experiences, and outside media influences.

My lessons all reflect the social cognitive theory. The social cognitive theory represents an individual’s knowledge achievement and can be directly related to observing others by social interactions, experiences, and outside influences. All of my lessons display social interactions within the class. My lessons could be done individually or within a group setting. My lessons also all bring experiences from the outside. In lesson one the students are working with insects, which they see on a daily basis. In lesson two students are representing an animal symbolically, the students will have to know about the animal and be able to relate it back to the book. Lesson three is about culture, and the students are learning about the Chinese culture. The students are sampling Chinese food, looking at China on a map, and reading a book. The media also influences my lessons because students will have prior knowledge about the different subjects in the three lessons, and be able to use that knowledge during the lessons. All of my lessons focus on changing the behavior based on what you observe, or hear. Each lesson the students can learn from each other’s actions. Students may gain more background knowledge about the three different subjects, therefore broadening what they know about each particular subject.

Sources:

            Educational Psychology: Window on Classrooms by Paul Eggen; Don Kauchak

            www.dictionary.com