Robert Hall’s Updates
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Update 3: Situated Learning – The Culinary Arts Classroom as a Community of Practice
Jean Lave proposes the idea that learning is “a function of the activity, context and culture in which it occurs; learners become involved in a “community of practice” which embodies certain beliefs and behaviors to be acquired.” Those bel...More
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Update 2: Bilingualism - Acquiring a Second Language
I've had the privilege of being able to live in other countries and experience the challenges of acquiring the language of each country. The process of acquiring a second language has always fascinated me. Acquiring a second language is certainl...More
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Update 1: Operant Conditioning - Potty Training My Rat Terrier
Operant conditioning, behaviorist theory suggested by B. F. Skinner, uses reward and punishment toteach and train specific behaviors. As in the cartoon above, the rats find it interset...More