This module examines the major theories of learning. Discussion includes individual differences, the nature and types of learning, the nature and relationship of theory and practice, the connectionist’s theory of learning and its implications on educational practice, the behaviouristic theory of learning and its implications to educational practice, gestalt theory of learning and its implications for educational practiced, the progressivist theory and its implications to teaching and learning, theories of transfer, theories of individual differences and the implications to teaching, theory of intelligence and its implication to learning, theory of personality and its effect on teaching, modelling theories and their impact on the teaching and learning process. General learning principles and their implications in teaching and learning process.
- Teacher: Amon Ndagijimana