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  • You can have learning that is not "instructivist" but which is still guided by "behaviourist" principles.

    Piaget and Vygotsky Bill Kerr 2006

  • # That said, we also shouldn't lump the "chalk and talk" or "instructivist" style of teaching with "behaviourist" theories of learning.

    Piaget and Vygotsky Bill Kerr 2006

  • The comments by Nick Perkins on the EdNA Game Making list (reproduced below) are useful and elaborate further the meanings of instructivist ("funnel method"), constructivist, social constructivist and behaviourist - how these terms could and should be useful in understanding the teaching / learning process.

    Piaget and Vygotsky Bill Kerr 2006

  • If most educators are accustomed to only certain ways of doing things - be that instructivist lectures or otherwise - acclimating to a prospect and / or need for change is only one part of the equation.

    unknown title 2008

  • Highly structured environments, such as classrooms founded upon instructivist pedagogy for example, will not be as conducive to the empowering of Connectivist learners as a more learner-led environment.

    unknown title 2008

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