Theories give us perspective, theories are like different view points, like multiple windows. We can find 3 different perspectives: Behaviourism, cognitivism and constructivism.
Behaviourism: This perspective sees mind as a black box where you put information. Here learning are regular, expected responses and the way to instruct is by repetition and reinforcement, practice gives perfection.
Cognitivism: This perspective sees mind as a computer a place to store information. Learning is through a recall of information, tha is when learning occurs. The instruction is to grab the attention and help the students make sense to that infomation.
Constructivism: Sees mind as a rizhone, where all different skills are interconected, we learn building knowledge by doing (experience). The instruction is to guide problem solving through skills.
There are two different types of skills
Descriptive theory: Which answers the question what learning is and how it happens? Learning theory describes learning as an outcome.
Learning theory: answers the question How do we help people learn? The outcome is the instructional theory that gives methods to foster learning and prescribes ways to learn.
