An investigation of culture and habitus in teaching
Culture and habitus in teaching
Category: Learning Theory
Learning is so much more than learning facts and methods
It has become fashionable to see learning as the memorisation of facts, methods, processes and information. That effective schooling principally involves children committing information to long-term memory. However, the accumulation… Read more »
Social cognitive theory
This blog post provides a summary of social cognitive theory. It begins with some background. I then move on to look at Bandura’s formulation of Social Cognitive Theory and finally… Read more »
The science bit: a social cognitive theory perspective on traditional teaching
An explanation of why teachers teach in traditional ways using Social Cognitive Theory