Psychology Wiki  Learning theory (education)  34,115pages on
this wiki    In education and psychology, learning theories help
us understand the process of learning.  There are basically
three main perspectives in learning theories, behaviorism,
Cognitive Information Processing (CIP), and constructivism.
Constructivism Edit  Constructivism views learning as a process
in which the learner actively constructs or builds new ideas or
concepts based upon current and past knowledge. In other words,
"learning involves constructing one's own knowledge from one's
own experiences" (Ormrod, J. E., Educational Psychology:
Developing Learners, Fourth Edition. 2003, p. 227).
Constructivist learning, therefore, is a very personal endeavor,
whereby internalized concepts, rules, and general principles may
consequently be applied in a practical real-world context.
According to Jerome Bruner and other constructivists, the
teacher acts as a facilitator who encourages students to
discover principles for themselves and to construc