The behaviorist classroom paradigm: teacher as enforcer, passive learner, reward and punishment, predetermined knowledge¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 review), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The review's Table 1 lays out the behaviorist paradigm across objectives, teaching theory, and the student's role. Objectives are to "Control student's behavior"; teaching relies on "Reward and punishment" and "Experimentation"; the teacher is an "Enforcer behavioral modifier" who provides materials and creates the study environment; the learner is "passive," waits for an order, follows instruction, and shows "No critical thinking."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A teacher who controls behavior, provides materials, and creates the environment for the study

Constraints¶

• The pattern assumes learning has nothing to do with the state of the mind, which the review treats as a limitation

Target Learners¶

• classroom learners in traditional teacher-controlled settings

Target Goals¶

• acquisition of observable new behavior through incentives

Claims¶

• A non-peer-reviewed web essay asserts, citing an earlier source second-hand, that behaviorist reinforcement methods are very effective in creating positive behavior in almost any learning environment [+W]

Related Patterns¶

Examples¶

• Break Time Consequence
• Classroom Rules And Routines

Key Sources¶

• Qais Faryadi. (2007). Behaviorism and the Construction of Knowledge. http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/skinnerbox.html