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Jana Epke posted an update in Learning, Knowledge and Human Development MOOC…
Essential Update #2: The Social Mind
Comment: What do we mean by the social mind? In what ways is thinking 'inside your head' also social thinking? How do community and culture shape learning?
The concept ''the social mind'' expresses the notion that the way people think is influenced...More
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Jana Epke posted an update in Learning, Knowledge and Human Development MOOC…
Essential Update #1. Response to behaviorism: the teacher's role and questioning its flexibility
The role of the teacher in the behaviorist scheme is to take the lead in presenting positive and negative stimuli to students in order to establish their learning process (Skinner, 1986). Teachers are the promoters of established ''good'' behavior a...More
Hi Kashif, Thanks for your response, too. I agree there should be more options for students to lead in what bar is set for them rather than be subject to expectations of learning outside from them. I think this can lead to killing enthusiasm...More