Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
Consider the following statements: (1) Learning is an active process. (2) Learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current or past knowledge. (3) This is basically a constructivist approach. Which theory matches these statements?
AReceptive learning by David Ausubel
BSocial learning theory by Albert Bandura
CMastery learning by Carlton Washburne
DDiscovery learning by Jerome S. Bruner ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Discovery learning by Jerome S. Bruner — An active, constructivist process in which learners build ideas on their prior knowledge is discovery learning by Bruner, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★An active, constructivist process in which learners build ideas on their prior knowledge is discovery learning by Bruner, so that is the answer.
★Bruner held that learners should discover facts and relationships for themselves rather than be told them.
★In discovery learning the learner is active and constructs new concepts on the base of what is already known.
★This fits the constructivist view exactly, since knowledge is built by the learner, not simply received.
★Ausubel's receptive learning, by contrast, delivers ready-made organised knowledge, which is not discovery.
★Bandura's social learning works by observation and imitation, and Washburne's mastery learning by full unit command, so neither matches these statements.
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