Blog: Behaviorist Learning Theory, Instructional Strategies, and Technology Tools
There is a cohesive relationship between behaviorism, instructional strategies, and technology tools. Clark (2018) describes behaviorist theory as learning as the acquisition of new behavior. Behaviorism has been used in education because a teacher can reinforce positive behaviors or learning (Orey, 2010). Instructional strategies are used to support student learning. Technology tools are technology being used to support student learning. Each thing is used to support student learning.
Instructional strategies and technology tools work together to support student learning. In my classroom, I use many instructional strategies. I currently use positive reinforcement with my students. Positive reinforcement is a behaviorism strategy. It is very similar to operant conditioning (Bozkurt, 2016). The technology tools I use in my classroom is wikis and podcasts. I am able to use positive reinforcement to encourage learning while teaching in a podcast or having my students follow a wiki lesson. Instructional strategies are used to support student learning in different ways.
Bogen et al. (2019) stated instructional strategies are to create individual student success. I want to create student success in my classroom. I will continue to use the behaviorist strategy of positive reinforcement with the technology tool wikis in my classroom. The ISTE standards for students related to these strategies is empowered learner (2020). I want to create an environment where my students are actively choosing and taking part in their learning goals (ISTE for students, 2020). The ISTE standard for educators related to using behaviorist strategies and technology tools is designer (2020). I want to create authentic and learner driver lessons for my students (ISTE for educators, 2020).
I can apply the sources I researched for this module’s discussion in my lessons. I researched positive reinforcement and was able to find a popular and scholarly source. I found a researched article about behaviorism. Clark (2019) stated operant conditioning could be both positive and negative reinforcement. I can use that information to guide my planning. I can identify what I will use as positive reinforcement or negative reinforcement. I have determined to use praise as my positive reinforcement and a youtube dance video at the end of the lesson. This way, there is positive reinforcement during the lesson and after the task. I also have identified to use planned ignoring as my negative reinforcement. I will use this when a student is displaying inappropriate behaviors. I will be able to utilize this in my lesson on HoC as well as any future lessons.
References
Bogen, E. C., Schlendorf, C. P., Nicolino, P. A., & Morote, E.-S. (2019). Instructional Strategies in Differentiated Instruction for Systemic Change. Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 18(2), 18–22.
Clark, K. R. (2018). Learning Theories: Behaviorism. Radiologic Technology, 90(2), 172–175.
ISTE Standards for educators. (2020). https://www.iste.org/standards/for-educators
ISTE Standards for students. (2020). https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students
Moorhead, L. (2014). There’s no app for good teaching. http://ideas.ted.com/theres-no-app-for-good-teaching/
Orey, M. (2010). Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Technology. http://textbookequity.org/Textbooks/Orey_Emergin_Perspectives_Learning.pdf.
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