Chapter 6: The Nature of Learning
Supporting material
Behaviourism: The Modern Past
John B. Watson on the science of psychology
Pavlov’s dog
B.F. Skinner’s behaviourism
Binet’s intelligence test
Henry Goddard on IQ
Yerkes’ army intelligence tests
Brain developmentalism: More recent times
Social cognitivism: New Learning
Vygotsky on language and thought
Kanzi learns language
Terrence Deacon on the symbolic species
David Christian explains the uniqueness of the learning species
Merlin Donald on the evolution of human consciousness
Ted Honderich, on consciousness
Wenger on learning in communities of practice
Lave and Wenger on situated learning
The ‘wolf children’ of Godamuri
Marika and Christie on Yolngu ways of knowing and learning
Gardner’s multiple intelligences
Keywords
Knowledge processes
Pavlov’s dog
B.F. Skinner’s behaviourism
Binet’s intelligence test
Henry Goddard on IQ
Yerkes’ army intelligence tests
Brain developmentalism: More recent times
Social cognitivism: New Learning
Vygotsky on language and thought
Kanzi learns language
Terrence Deacon on the symbolic species
David Christian explains the uniqueness of the learning species
Merlin Donald on the evolution of human consciousness
Ted Honderich, on consciousness
Wenger on learning in communities of practice
Lave and Wenger on situated learning
The ‘wolf children’ of Godamuri
Marika and Christie on Yolngu ways of knowing and learning
Gardner’s multiple intelligences
Kanzi learns language
Terrence Deacon on the symbolic species
David Christian explains the uniqueness of the learning species
Merlin Donald on the evolution of human consciousness
Ted Honderich, on consciousness
Wenger on learning in communities of practice
Lave and Wenger on situated learning
The ‘wolf children’ of Godamuri
Marika and Christie on Yolngu ways of knowing and learning
Gardner’s multiple intelligences