Education Notes

This video discusses Ivan Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is a reflexive or automatic type of learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus.

This video discusses operant conditioning, a theory in psychology that is applied in education. Operant conditioning was developed by Burrhus Frederic Skinner, famously known as B. F. Skinner, a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974. Skinner was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher.

This video discusses Ivan Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning applied to the classroom.

This video discusses Albert Bandura’s observational learning theory. Albert Bandura is a Canadian-born American psychologist and originator of social cognitive theory who is probably best known for his modeling study on aggression. He is a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and is widely regarded as one of the greatest living psychologists.

This video presents reconstructionism as one of the important philosophical foundations of education. Reconstructionism endorses the idea that teachers need to reconstruct knowledge for their students based on social and world events. It also endorses the idea that students must be given freedom to express their thoughts and develop their skills.

This video presents existentialism as one of the important foundations of education. Existentialism emphasizes what exists as meaningful for the students. Here, the students are given more freedom in the process of learning. Existentialism is originally a philosophical movement that talks about how the human person can attain a meaningful life in a seemingly meaningless world. Some of the leading figures in existentialism (or existential philosophy, as other scholars would call it) are Soren Kierkegaard, Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger, and Albert Camus.

This video presents progressivism as one of the important philosophical foundations of education.

This iMovie version of PHILO-notes presentation discusses Idealism in Education. Idealism in Education is one of the topics in Philosophical Foundations in Education.

What is Realism? Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epop9vwK6qk Transcript Link: https://philonotes.com/index.php/2019/11/14/what-is-realism/

This video presents key concepts on essentialism as one of the important philosophical foundations of education.

This video presents pragmatism as one of the philosophical foundations of education. In contrast to idealism and realism, pragmatism emphasizes the notion of change. Applied to education, a pragmatic teacher should adopt to change, should appropriate what is new in terms of methodology and concepts. In this way, the teacher may be able to take advantage of new knowledge and impart them on the students.

This video presents perennialism as one of the important philosophical foundations of education. The perennialist does not believe in change. Thus, the perennialist wants to teach the basics in education over and over again, even in the next 20 years or so. For the perennialist, this is how both teachers and students attained mastery of the subject matter.

Please click the link for the full transcript of this video lecture: https://philonotes.com/index.php/2020/09/24/what-is-naturalism/ This video lecture presents very briefly the meaning of naturalism. Naturalism is a philosophical doctrine which holds the belief that “matter” is the ultimate reality. Thus, naturalism believes that the material world is the only real world and that it is governed by natural laws.

This video discusses the key concepts of Robert Gagne's learning theory. It serves as an introductory discussion to Gagne's eight (8) stages of learning and five (5) types of learning outcomes.

This video lecture discusses the meaning and nature of social constructivism. In particular, the theory of social constructivism holds that social worlds develop out of individuals’ interactions with their culture and society. Hence, knowledge evolves through the process of social negotiation and evaluation of the viability of individual understanding.

This video discusses social constructionism as one of the important topics in philosophical foundations of education. Social constructionism was popularized Seymour Papert, a world-renowned mathematician, learning theorist, and educational-technology visionary.

This video discusses the major difference between behaviorism and cognitivism as some of the important psychological foundations of education.

This video discusses Lev Vygostky's social constructivism. Lev Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist and an educational theorist. His work has become the foundation of much research and theory in cognitive development over the past several decades, particularly of what has become known as sociocultural theory.

This video is an introduction to behaviorism. It introduces the leading representatives in behaviorism, such as Edward Thorndike, Ivan Pavlov, John Watson, B. F. Skinner, and Robert Gagne.

What is Social Constructionism? Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cckbw8dTsfY

This video discusses the difference between Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky's model of cognitive psychology.

This video discusses the key concepts of Lev Vygotsky's model of cognitive psychology. It focuses on Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory of development.

This video discusses constructivism in education. Constructivism is originally an important theory in psychology, but can be applied to education meaningfully.

This video discusses the meaning, nature, and dynamics of constructivism as one of the important philosophical foundations of education.

This video discusses the key concepts of cognitive psychology. It specifically talks about how cognitive psychology differs from behaviorism.