INTEREDU™ - Learning Theories and Designing Instructional Activities

Curriculum

Learning Theories and Designing Instructional Activities

Program Details

Title	Learning Theories and Designing Instructional Activities
Duration:	10 hours
Prerequisites:	Reflective Practitioner Teacher – training program
Material:	Training Guide, Program Kit, and online resources on Marifah
Level - Track:	Fundamental Educational Qualification
Target Audience :	Teachers who have none-educational bachelor’s degree (KG, Math, Science, English, and Computer Science) grade (1-3).

Short Description

One of the core principles of an educational profession is teachers-students’ awareness in fields of age stages and related characteristics, individual differences, special needs and dealing methods. The program will introduce the main concepts of major learning theories; ‘Behaviorism Theory, Paiget Theory on Constructivism, Vygotsky’s Theory- Social Development, Ausubel’s Theory, Bruner’s 5 E’s model, Information processing theory and Psychosocial Development in Erikson’s Theory’. Teachers will come to know the importance and basics of learning theories in general, their theoretical framework, their principles, role of teachers, role of students, educational implications and in which contexts to apply and they will be able to interpret the learning and teaching process.

Big Ideas

•	Learning is one of the important activities in humans’ life.
•	People are different in their abilities, interests, and beliefs, and they learn in different ways.
•	Different learning theories address different aspects of how people learn.
•	Each learning theory has its pros and cons.
•	Each theory requires teachers and students to act differently in the class.
•	Each learning theory has its useful application.
•	Human behavior can be adjusted and new behavior can be learnt.
•	Knowledge can be constructed individually and through social interaction.
•	People go through their lives in different psychosocial stages.

Essential Questions

•	How do people learn?
•	How can teachers benefit from knowing the basic concepts and principles of learning theories?

Outcomes

•	Identify the philosophy behind each learning theory.
•	Clarify the theoretical framework for each learning theory.
•	Identify the principles of each learning theory.
•	Determine the roles of both the teacher and the student in accordance to each learning theory.
•	Compare theories and take decisions; which one should you use and when?
•	Develop mechanisms to apply certain learning theories in the classroom.
•	Design lessons/activities according to each learning theory.

Assessment

No	Assessment		Component	Weight
1	Attendance and Participation		Participation	5
			Attendance	5
2	Formative Assessment	Self-assessment	KWL-Q	5
			Vocabulary Tool	5
		Formative Assessment	Planning lessons according to the given theories: trainees are required to write at least 3 lesson plans/activities, during the training. (Your final grade will be the average)	45



3	Summative assessment		Exit Task	10


			Portfolio	10

			Final exam	20
Program Total				100

Time Distribution

No	Item	Time (min)
1	KWL-Q	10
2	Vocabulary Tool	10
3	Terminology	10
4	Activity 1.1: Behaviorism	50
5	Activity 1.2: Lesson planning according to Behaviorism	40
6	Activity 1.3: Individual Constructivism: Cognitive development (Piaget)	50
7	Activity 1.4: Lesson planning according to Cognitive development theory	40
8	Activity 1.5: Social constructivism : Social Development Theory (Vygotsky)	50
9	Activity 1.6: Lesson planning according to Social Development Theory	40
10	Activity 2.1: Meaningful Learning; (Ausubel’s) Theory and applications	40
11	Activity 2.2: Information Possessing theory (introduction)	40
12	Activity 2.3: Lesson planning according to Information Processing learning theory	40
13	Activity 2.4: Bruner’s 5 E’s model and applications	40
14	Activity 2.5: Psychosocial Development Theory: Erikson	40
15	Activity 2.6: Lesson planning according to psychosocial development theory	40
16	Activity 2.7: Mind Talks	30
17	Post -Vocabulary Tool	10
18	Exit Task	20
	Total	10 Hours