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A Little Book on TeachingA little learning theory

A Little Book on Teaching: A little learning theory CHAPTER 2 2.1 OVERVIEW This chapter is devoted to the concept of learning and related teaching theories. To be a good teacher one needs to be familiar with some of the theoretical underpinnings behind sound instruction techniques and how they are related to learning. These theoretical concepts will help you better understand the learning process and provide concrete methods on how to best reach your students. Kupfermann succinctly links the important concepts of this chapter: learning, knowledge, and memory. He describes learning as “the acquisition of knowledge about the world” and “memory is the retention or storage about that knowledge [1].” This chapter begins with a brief review of the physiological basis of learning with an emphasis on the difference between short term and long term memory and the conversion or consolidation of short term memory to long term memory. We then investigate the different levels of cognitive learning, as described by Benjamin Bloom, followed with a brief introduction to the work of Myers and Briggs in identifying 16 different personality types based on the work of C.G. Jung. A teacher needs to be aware of their own personality type and those of their students so they can best http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Little Book on TeachingA little learning theory

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2012
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978-3-031-79344-8
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21 –33
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10.1007/978-3-031-79345-5_2
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CHAPTER 2 2.1 OVERVIEW This chapter is devoted to the concept of learning and related teaching theories. To be a good teacher one needs to be familiar with some of the theoretical underpinnings behind sound instruction techniques and how they are related to learning. These theoretical concepts will help you better understand the learning process and provide concrete methods on how to best reach your students. Kupfermann succinctly links the important concepts of this chapter: learning, knowledge, and memory. He describes learning as “the acquisition of knowledge about the world” and “memory is the retention or storage about that knowledge [1].” This chapter begins with a brief review of the physiological basis of learning with an emphasis on the difference between short term and long term memory and the conversion or consolidation of short term memory to long term memory. We then investigate the different levels of cognitive learning, as described by Benjamin Bloom, followed with a brief introduction to the work of Myers and Briggs in identifying 16 different personality types based on the work of C.G. Jung. A teacher needs to be aware of their own personality type and those of their students so they can best

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