Learning Theories and Historical Events Affecting Instructional Design in Education

How learning occurs has been a question pondered by the masses since formal education began thousands of years ago. Understanding the process has included many paradigm shifts in thought and practice. A thorough look at one major paradigm shift occurred in the past century, which has led to a pletho...

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Main Author: Don W. Edgar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-10-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012462707
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Summary:How learning occurs has been a question pondered by the masses since formal education began thousands of years ago. Understanding the process has included many paradigm shifts in thought and practice. A thorough look at one major paradigm shift occurred in the past century, which has led to a plethora of ideas when identifying best practices to encourage learning. A look into this transformation will exact a better understanding of learning and how it best arises, leading to designing instruction that greater impacts the learner.
ISSN:2158-2440