To design a framework incorporating all the theories, one needs to understand each theory in depth, its philosophy, focus, its primary audience. Only then can one connect the dots and visualize a coherent picture weaving together the different learning theories. Following is a brief description of the various learning theories currently in practice. Please click on the \u2018read more\u2019 button for reading in details.<\/p>\n
Behaviourism<\/b>:<\/strong> Endorsed by B.F. Skinner, John Watson (1878\u20131958), van Pavlov (1849\u20131936), Edward Thorndike (1874\u20131949) among others, explained human and animal behavior regarding external physical stimuli, responses, learning histories, and (for certain types of behavior) reinforcements. It claims that people have no free will \u2013 a person\u2019s environment determines their behavior. We learn new behavior through conditioning. Thus learners are passive and can be trained to display favorable behaviors through reinforcements, practice, and external motivation. The learner is expected to progress in a linear quantitative fashion where the progress made by the learner is measured by observing behaviors on predetermined tasks (Fosnot, 2013).<\/p>\n