In this online course you will find out about the link between development and learning – and how they affect each other. Children go through various stages of development and with each stage they develop cognitively, as well as emotionally and psychologically. What a child is capable of learning at age 4 is very different to that of a 10 year old.
- Learn how to support students with learning difficulties
- Learn more about how students learn and the ways we can help them
E-Learning Structure
The duration of this course is 100 hours and consists of 7 in-depth lessons.
- Introduction – Development & Learning Theory
- Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development; Schemes; Assimilation and Accommodation; Equilibration; Piaget’s Stages of Development.
- Behavioural Learning
- The Evolution of Behavioural Theories of Learning; Thorndike’s Theory of the Law of Effect; Skinner’s Theory of Operant Conditioning; Principles of Behavioural Learning; Reinforcers; Positive and Negative Reinforcement; The Premack Principle
- Information Processing
- Information Processing Theory; A Model of Information Processing; Perception; Gestalt Psychology; Attention; Short-Term Memory; Long-Term Memory; Division of Long-Term Memory
- Memory Retention & Loss
- Remembering and Forgetting; Interference; Inhibition and Facilitation ; Primacy and Recency; Learning Strategies
- Individual Needs
- Effective Instruction;The QAIT Model; Quality of Instruction; Appropriate Levels of Instruction; Incentive;Time; Between-Class Ability Grouping; Within Class Ability Grouping; Effective Use of Ability Groups; Mastery Learning; Outcomes-Based Education; Individualised Instruction
- Constructivist Learning
- What is the Constructivist View; Top Down or Bottom Up Processing; Generative Learning; Discovery Learning; Reception Learning; Activating Prior Knowledge
- Motivation
- Intrinsic Motivation; Extrinsic Motivation; Factors Affecting Motivation
- Motivational Theories (Behavioural Learning Theory; Human Needs Theory; Dissonance Theory; Cognitive Dissonance Theory; Personality Theory; Attribution Theory; Expectancy Theory); Improving Motivation (Nurturing Interest/Curiosity; Providing Incentive to Learn)
Course Aims
- Discuss theories of learning and development
- Explain behavioural theories of learning
- Describe how the Information Processing Model Works
- Describe processes involved in retention and memory loss
- Describe different methods of effective instruction to cater for individual needs
- Explain the relevance of constructivist learning in education
- Differentiate definitions of motivation and the application of motivation to learning
How Does A Warnborough Online Course Work?
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
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