Education Theories

Match the following teaching philosophies to their descriptions

• learning is a process of responding to stimuli and continuing to reinforce the process

• Humanism

• truth and knowledge is subjective

• Cognitivism

• focus on an individuals' skills of knowledge acquisition

• Behaviorism

• self-discovery is a part of learning and education is life itself

• Constructivism

___________ is defined as a cohesive, repeatable action sequence possessing component action which is tightly interconnected and governed by a core meaning. (Piaget)

• Sensorimotor stage

• Schema

• Accommodation

• Assimilation

Which of the following does NOT explain the formal operational stage?

• Happens among children between ages two and seven

• The period of time involving a dramatic increase in logical thinking

• Children can use deductive reasoning and understand abstract concepts

• Children can see multiple potential solutions

What theory has the student reliant on the instructor for learning?

• Andragogy

• Pedagogy

• Sensory

• Visual

In what theory is the student self-sufficient for learning?

• Verbal

• Intuitive

• Andragogy

• Pedagogy

Which theorists contributed to Behaviorism?

• John B Watson

• Lawrence Kolb

• B.F. Skinner

• Ivan Pavlov

Which theorists contributed to Humanism?

• Lawrence Kolb

• Abraham Maslow

• Carl Rogers

• Jean Piaget

What is the lowest level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

• Self-Actualization

• Love and Belonging

• Safety and Security

• Physiological

What theorists contributed to the theory of constructivism?

• Lev Vygotsky

• Reggio Emilia

• Jean Piaget

• Abraham Maslow

Which theorist contributed to the theory of cognitivism?

• Jean Piaget

• Jerome Bruner

• Albert Bandura

• John Dewey