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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spelling doaj-20d31ffe5b9548858e2d85291edba96b2020-11-25T03:33:14ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402012-10-01210.1177/2158244012462707Learning Theories and Historical Events Affecting Instructional Design in EducationDon W. Edgar0University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USAHow 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.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012462707
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