Social Learning Theory

Hello. My name is Sarah King Zach.

I'm a teacher candidate and this is a presentation about

social learning theory.

Social learning theory, also known as social cognitive theory, emerged

in the 1970s as an extension of behaviorist theories such

as classical conditioning and operate conditioning.

Prior to social learning theory, behaviorists had argued that environmental

stimuli determined behavior.

Social learning theorists differentiated themselves by stating that environmental stimuli,

including other people and individual cognitive processes like personality, emotion

and motivation combined to influence behavior.

Social learning theory, added to other theoretical components to behaviorism

known as reciprocal determinism and observational learning.

Try attic reciprocal determinism states that behavior, environment and cognition

all influence one another in the in a reciprocal fashion.

So instead of just environmental factors influencing behavior, environmental factors

and behavior influence each other as you environment and person,

as do person and behavior.

The other theoretical component observation of learning is learning that

takes place from watching other people.

The four processes necessary for observational learning our attention whether

or not something grabs our attention enough to focus on

it, retention.

Whether or not we're able to store that information into

our memory reproduction.

Whether or not we are physically or mentally capable of

reproducing the behavior and motivation.

What emotions, beliefs, our goals motivate us to reproduce what

we learned.

The founder of social learning theory is psychologist Dr.

Ventura, who has published work on this theory from 1976

through 2015 At 95 years old.

He's the most cited psychologist alive today.

Pandora started his career focusing on observational learning with his

famous bobo doll experiment in which Children watched an adult

beat up a doll and were then tested to see

under what conditions they would mimic the violent behavior.

Later in his career, Ben Dura shifted his focus to

the study of self efficacy are the belief in one's

own ability to successfully complete a task.

Social learning theory has multiple implications for education in terms

of student learning, the concept of self efficacy is very

important, since students with higher self efficacy are more likely

to attempt a new skill, persist through challenges, take intellectual

risks and learn from their mistakes.

Self regulation, which is the ability to monitor and manage

one's own behavior, is another important factor in student learning,

since students who struggle to regulate their emotions have trouble

staying engaged with learning.

The other major implications for student learning are that students

are at the center of their learning experience, since they

have the ability to mediate environmental input and their behavior

through cognitive processes, it also means that intrinsic motivation plays

a role in whether or not students choose to engage

in learning experiences.

As for the implications of social learning theory for teaching

self efficacy is a concept that can be obliged to

teachers as well, since teachers who lack confidence in their

abilities are less likely to succeed.

Social learning theory also implies that teachers are not the

center of the learning experience, but rather facilitators of learning,

and finally, the quality of teacher modeling has a major

impact on student learning.

If teachers are experts in their fields and enthusiastic about

the content of their coursework, then their students are more

likely to respond positively to their teaching practices, which brings

us to the final topic of this presentation, which is

teaching strategies.

Social learning theory implies that effective teaching strategies should emphasize

modeling self efficacy and self regulation.

Teachers should model skills and ways of thinking for their

students in a clear, accessible way.

Teachers should also facilitate peer to peer learning experiences so

that students can learn from observing one another.

There are multiple factors that influence student self efficacy, such

as performance accomplishment or direct experience with the skill that

leads to mastery students.

Teachers can provide students with direct experience as well as

guided practice until they master a new skill.

This is the most effective way for students to gain

confidence in their abilities.

Another factor of self efficacy is vicarious experience, or modeling,

as we talked about.

If students see their classmate complete a task, they might

be more likely to believe in their ability to do

the same.

Verbal persuasion also affects self efficacy.

So teachers should use positive reinforcement with their students whenever

possible. And finally, physiological states impact self advocacy so teachers

can help their students become more aware and capable of

managing their emotional and physical states prior to setting out

to complete a task.

And the last teaching strategy teachers can utilize on a

daily basis is related to developing student self regulation.

Teachers should model self regulation through their own behavior, and

they can help their students that realistic goals and manage

their emotional states in the classroom by understanding the ways

that our students learn best, we can better assist them

on their academic journeys.

Social Learning Theory is one framework that teachers can use

to improve their practice.

Thank you.

Social Learning Theory

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