The Contributions of Behaviourists, Cognitivists and Constructivists Underscore Education.

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ACCRA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AIT) OPEN UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA﴾ ﴿ OUM HMEF5043 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT: LEMUEL MAWUTOR AVORGBEDOR INDEX NUMBER: MTSMEDJ120006Y PROGRAMME: MSC (EDUCATION﴿ YEAR: JULY 2012 FACILITATOR ׃ DR. HILLAR ADDO Accra Institute of Technology Open University of Malaysia Programme HMEF5043 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY The contributions of behaviourists, cognitivists and constructivists underscore education. Behaviourists strategies can be used to teach the facts (what) cognitivist strategies teach the principles and processes (how) and the constructivists strategies of the real life and personal applications that contextualize learning a). Define and provide the proponents of the the three educational core theories presented above. b).How justifiable is it that in many Ghanaian educational institutions many educators are not trained in the theories named above but they are teaching. What will they not be doing right. c), As an educator which of the theories or sub-theories have you used consciously or unconsciously in your educational endeavour? STUDENT: LEMUEL MAWUTOR AVORGBEDOR INDEX NUMBER: MTSMEDJ120006Y PROGRAMME: MSC (EDUCATION﴿ YEAR: JULY 2012 FACILITATOR ׃ DR. HILLAR ADDO ABSTRACT This assignment aims at the identification and discussion on the contributions of behaviourists, cognitivists and constructivists that underscore education. It also discusses how justifiable is it that in many Ghanaian educational institutions many educators are not trained in the theories named above but they are teaching. What these educators are not doing right in their teachings. The final part discusses the impact of the theories or sub-theories which educators have used consciously or unconsciously in their educational endeavour.

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