tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post110739070404147883..comments2023-10-24T10:06:05.391-05:00Comments on Instructivist: Pupils should play a role in educationInstructivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01652458042291988959noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-1137117365527568982006-01-12T19:56:00.000-06:002006-01-12T19:56:00.000-06:00I agree carolynj. Behavior is alive and progressin...I agree carolynj. Behavior is alive and progressing. I like your explanation that it is a sort of "dance." One point behaviorists make is that a teacher is not teaching unless the kid is learning. There are some misconceptions out there and I beleive good people are helping to squash these. Many universities now have graduate special ed/behavioral ed programs. Check www.abainternational.org for more information. Thank you all for your comments. I love learning all I can :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-1123945557725202032005-08-13T10:05:00.000-05:002005-08-13T10:05:00.000-05:00Behaviorism in itself is a very useful skill set. ...Behaviorism in itself is a very useful skill set. The idea that students (or anything else being trained behaviorally) are passive vessels waiting to be acted upon is an unfortunate misconception.<BR/><BR/>Good behaviorism is a sort of 'dance' between student and teacher, with the student constantly 'telling' the teacher, through his responses, what is working for him and what isn't. (BTW, behaviorism is quite alive and working well as a guiding principle in the education of the vast numbers of autistic spectrum kids that are being born these days).<BR/><BR/>It's a stretch to think that behaviorism might be part of our current educational problem, but misconceptions about it might be in the mix in a subtle way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-1123913080347586682005-08-13T01:04:00.000-05:002005-08-13T01:04:00.000-05:00I took graduate courses in ed psychology in ed sch...I took graduate courses in ed psychology in ed school. One of the texts we used was by Anita Woolfolk, a pretty standard textbook in ed schools. There was quite a lot of behaviorism in it.<BR/><BR/>These courses were some of the few that had substance and I enjoyed them a lot.Instructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652458042291988959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-1108240761016105112005-02-12T14:39:00.000-06:002005-02-12T14:39:00.000-06:00Progresive ed I can see, but behaviorism? It's be...Progresive ed I can see, but behaviorism? It's been dead in psych departments for decades, and ed schools think it's pure evil (just look at Alfie Kohn's _Punished by Rewards_).tchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540495343231722385noreply@blogger.com