Influencing policy (training slides from Fast Track Impact)
Educational Psychology PBL Group Assignment Theories
1. Educational Psychology PBL Group Assignment Theories used: 1. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning 2. Bandura’s Social Learning Theory Ong Xuan’s part (September 2011)
2. Teacher is biased against Andy and practices favouritism. Teacher has low expectations of Andy; not clarifying the matter and humiliates Andy in class Teacher punishes Andy by threatening him to not go for recess There is an inconsistency in the way the teacher executes her punishment What we know about the TEACHER.
9. The Skinner Box Skinner used the Skinner Box to study Operant Conditioning. Laboratory rats learn to press the lever in order to obtain food, which is delivered on the tray. http://www.peterlewis.com/2011/08/18/skinner-box-journalism/
10. Concept of Operant Conditioning Reinforcement: The process by which a stimulus increase the probability that a preceding behavior will be repeated Punishment: The process by which a stimulus decrease the probability that a preceding behavior will be repeated Positive Reinforcer: A stimulus added to the environment that brings about an increase in a preceding response Negative Reinforcer: An unpleasant stimulus whose removal leads to an increase in the probability that a preceding response will be repeated in future Positive Punishment: Weakens a response through the application of an unpleasant stimulus Negative Punishment: Consists of the removal of something pleasant
18. Classmates tease Andy. Classmates do not give Andy the support he needs. Classmates are a distraction to Andy - Peer pressure. Classmates not passionate about Ms Wong's lessons - greets her in monotonous voice. What we know about the CLASSMATES.
19. We ask ourselves, 1. How to improve the dynamics of the class? 2. How can Andy gain acceptance and support among his friends? 3. How can the students be passionate about learning?
By understanding the effects of operant conditioning, teachers can adopt different strategies to modify a student’s behavior.
Website: http://www.olemiss.k12.in.us/intervention/behavior/defiant.pdf Fisher, R., Ury, W., & Patton, B. (1991). Getting to yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in (2nd ed.) New York: Penguin.
Never underestimate power of operant conditioning, can cause a student to act senselessly. Phua, A. (2011, April 28). Boy punches teacher in class. The New Paper. Retrieved from http://www.tnp.sg/content/boy-punches-teacher-class http://singaporedesigneducator.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/boy-punches-teacher-in-class/
Never underestimate power of operant conditioning, can cause a student to act senselessly. Phua, A. (2011, April 28). Boy punches teacher in class. The New Paper. Retrieved from http://www.tnp.sg/content/boy-punches-teacher-class http://singaporedesigneducator.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/boy-punches-teacher-in-class/
Reference: Edupsych Textbook
Cherry, K. (n.d.). Social Learning Theory. Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalpsychology/a/sociallearning.htm Ormrod, J.E. (1999). Human learning (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. http://teachnet.edb.utexas.edu/~Lynda_abbot/Social.html