THEORY
BF SKINNER
  
JEAN PIAGET
PSYCHOMETRIC

ATOMISTIC
NAMES/

LABELS

 DEVELOPMENTAL

WHOLISTIC
MECHANISTIC

OBSERVABLE

PASSIVE/IMITATION/

RESPONSE

INLFUENCED BY CHAIN OF EVENTS

EXTRINSIC/EXTERNAL MOTIVATION
WORLD VIEW

HUMAN NATURE

 ORGANIC

COGNITIVE STRUCTURES

INHERENTLY ACTIVE

PARTS ONLY UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF THE WHOLE

SELF-REGULATING

INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
OBSERVATIONAL

TRANSMISSION

LOCKE- BLANK SLATE
 
 
NATURE 

VS 

NURTURE

 INTERACTIONIST

DEV=PHY MAT+EXP W/ENV+SOC EXP+EQUIL

SCHEMA--NOT BLANK
OBSERVE TO CONTROL, SHAPE
 

TRANSMISSION

BREAK DOWN COMPLEX BEHAVIOR TO SIMPLER PARTS
 

FOCUS ON BEHAVIOR
VIEW OF 

BEHAVIOR

 OBSERVE TO DETERMINE COGNITIVE STRUCTURES

INTERACTION

COMPLEX BEHAVIOR BROKEN INTO PARTS DESTROYS THE STRUCTURE

FOCUS ON THINKING
LEARNING= QUANTITATIVE CHANGE

EPISODES GRADUALLY ACCUMULATE OVER TIME

CHANGE OCCURS BECAUSE OF SHAPING-REWARDS & PUNISHMENT

ANALYSIS OF SUBSKILLS NEEDED TO PRODUCE CERTAIN BEHAVIORS OR KNOWLEDGE
LEARNING 

DEFINED

 LEARNING = APPLIED COGNITION

COGNITIVE STRUCTURES USED TO INTERPRET NEW SITUATIONS

CHANGE OCCURS BECAUSE OF EQUILIBRATION PROCESS


 
 
THEORY INTO PRACTICE:   APPLIED TO SCHOOLING
BF SKINNER
CLASSROOM COMPONENTS
JEAN PIAGET
· TRADITI0NAL

· BEHAVIORIST

· TRANSMISSION
NAMES/

LABELS

 · PROGRESSIVE

· CONSTRUCTIVIST

· TRANSACTION
· DISPENSER OF FACTS

· CORRECTOR
TEACHER
 · FACILITATOR, GUIDE

· PROVIDE DISCREPANT EVENTS
· HALF-EMPTY

· PASSIVE RECIPIENTS
STUDENT
 · HALF-FULL

· INTERACTION
· PASSIVE TRANSMISSION

· ADULT VIEW OF WORLD
VIEW OF KNOWLEDGE
 · ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION

· CHILD VIEW OF WORLD
· PRE-PACKAGED

· ERRORS AS MISTAKES

· CORRECTION

· IMITATION, MIMIC

· COMPLEX BROKEN INTO SMALLER PARTS
METHODS OF ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE
 · PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

· ERRORS AS LEARNING

· APPROXIMATION

· TRIAL AND ERROR

· DISCOVERY

· COMPLEX STRUCTURE MAINTAINED