Social
Learning Theories
Description
Social
Constructivism
- Vgotsky - emphasized the role of society and culture exerted on
human learning and development - thinking and learning are dependent
on social interactions and reflection of cultural values.
- From
birth, an infant begins to interpret the world through others - as
child matures, so does social interactions.
- Social Constructivists emphasize the influence of social interactions
and culture on developing knowledge, but they also see knowledge as
something that is uniquely and personally constructed.
Situated
Cognition
- Focuses on physical, as well as human, resources in the environment.
Concerned with the immediate context and process of knowledge rather
than the product of knowledge.
- Basis
in Artificial Intelligence - Interest in human-machine interactions.
- See collaboration and social learning in terms of shared problem
solving which involves technology.
Social
Cognition
- It's not important what one person knows but rather what the collective
social or cultural groups knows.
- Interested
in the process of knowing rather than outcome.
- Not too concerned with technology.
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