Behavioral Theorists Video

Hello. So today for my behavioral theories, presentation will be

focusing on BF Skinner and William Glasser.

Here's a picture of the of skinner.

So his contributions and models.

So he is known for offering conditioning and shaping behavior.

Skinner boxes, contributing the schedules of reinforcement and behaviorism.

So offering conditioning and shaping behavior, offering conditioning is rewarding

of partial behavior, random act that approaches the desired behavior

and this can be used to shape either an animal

or a student's behavior.

Skinner contributed most of this research through his creation of

skinner boxes, which was a small chamber that would hold

either a pigeon or a mouse and would reward that

animal for doing the behavior that they wanted.

So for a pigeon it was pecking a certain button.

For a mouse, it was pulling a lever and the

reward was often food.

So when they performed the behavior they were looking for,

they'd be rewarded with food or water.

Um With the skinner boxes, he paired it with schedules

of reinforcement and there are four types of reinforcement, fixed

ratio, fixed interval, variable ratio and variable interval.

So rather than rewarding every single time the animal performed

the behavior it would reward on different ratios or intervals

depending on which approach he was taken.

And then today we see some of these concepts in

our current education education system through computer based learning and

self instruction, um which often, you know, you get a

certain amount right, and it gives you a little rewarding

message, or it gives you a little check mark or

a star.

So this is very rewarding for many of our students

and provides that external motivation that many students do well

with. Lastly, Skinner was a behaviorist.

So he follows the behavior model that we've been learning

about in class.

Some of my key learnings of looking into B of

Skinner's work was that he was a behaviors who contributed

to the current punishment reward system.

Many educators and schools used today through operate conditioning, we

can shape behavior through voluntary responses.

Unlike classical conditioning, which is based on involuntary responses.

So I always think of the dog celebrating when they

hear a bell ring schedules of reinforcement are essential and

rewarding behavior, determining which scheduled reinforcement is appropriate.

Can determine if the behavior will be learned and maintained.

So again, if you're rewarding every single time the student

or animal may be fatigued and the reward may no

longer be rewarding.

Where if you choose a different reinforcement schedule, that's more

randomized, um it can keep the student motivated to earn

that reward.

Again, finding the perfect balance is important though, because if

you don't reward enough, they may not be motivated anymore.

Okay. And my connections to my current practice in the

field of education.

The principles of operate conditioning can be applied when trying

to teach a student of replacement behavior and again, determine

an appropriate scheduled reinforcement benefits the students needs will be

key when a reinforcement, the appropriate behaviour.

So again, finding that perfect balance of not rewarding too

much that it becomes no longer reward, but also rewarding

enough that the student stays me motivated to earn.

It is very important when choosing your reinforcement schedule.

The next behavioral theorist I looked into was William Glasser.

So his contributions and model his biggest contribution in education

was choice theory and choice theory is when or is

a theory that contends that when we are internally motivated

that we are internally motivated, not externally motivated by rewards

and punishments.

So it's an alternative to Skinner's model, which is very

much an external motivation behavior system, and a choice theory

says that there are three things that happened the classroom

when it's being implemented.

Socorro version is minimized rather than trying to make students

behave by using rewards and punishments.

Teachers build positive relationships with their students.

Um, and it says coercion never inspires quality.

So this really focuses on that internal relationship to motivate

the student.

It also says to focus on quality.

So teachers expect match three of concepts and encourage students

to retake tests and continue to work on assignments until

they have demonstrated competence or quality.

The emphasis on deep learning demonstrate through the ability to

apply what has been learned.

So this one really focuses again, but the students learning

all the concepts, they can do it independently rather than

just skimming by and barely learning the material.

And lastly, self evaluation is a cornerstone of choice theory

given helpful information.

So rubrics models, examples, students take on greater ownership of

their learning by evaluating their own performance routinely.

Encouraging students to self evaluate, promotes responsibility and helps the

student pursue goals and become more skilled decision makers because

they are more actively involved in their education.

So again, choice theory is all about that internal motivation,

bettering yourself motivating yourself rather than those external motivators that

skinner focused on and then Glasser fault, a biological model.

So his thought was, he did not believe that the

concept of mental illness as there was something originally wrong

with the brain that can be confirmed by a pathologist.

And it also falls that the five basic needs of

a student needs to be met in order to this

for the student to be successful.

Choice theory is built on the concept of satisfying these

needs that all students have.

Yeah, so my Q earnings from William Glasser choice theory

focuses on internal motivation, not external rewards and that classrooms

that are implementing Choice that you have the following characteristics,

which I had mentioned earlier as well, and got more

in depth on, and then my connections to my current

practice building internal motivations and students will help them become

lifelong learners.

So again, teaching students internal rewards in the big picture

of learning rather than just learning for a great or

learning um to finish high school.

And then Choice three provides simple components that can be

implemented in everyday classroom compared with other inventions to support

students. So, again, choice, they're really focused on that relationship

building and that internal motivation motivation.

Um So these are very things you can implement in

the everyday classroom compare with other behavioural supports to help

our students reach their goals.

And last week here are my references.

Thank you.

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