Social Cognitive Views of Learning - Chapter 10

What?
This chapter is about the social cognitive theory and I think that it would be important to go over the basic assumptions of that theory. People learn by observing others. I think this is the main cause of learning in Children. When a child does something wrong, the first thing that the mother says is "I wounder where he learned that" while she looks at another person. Learning is an internal process that may or may not lead to a behavior change. I have learned a lot of things in my life but I do not change my behavior all the time because I learn something new. People and their environment mutually influence each other. Behavior is directed towards particular goals. Behavior becomes increasingly self-regulated. To understand this theory, we must be able to understand its basic assumptions.
So What?
If we as teachers want to learn how to implement this theory we must be able to recognize and assess the behaviors that are associated with it. It is import to understand that we are going to be under a microscope and everything we do the students are going to be watching us. they will copy our behavior. Although the students may be learning about a subject, their behavior may not change, but don't be discouraged because they still may be learning. The students are going to be interacting with each other, you better be sure that their behavior will influence each others. As students progress their behavior will become self regulated.
Now What?
We have to understand this little triangle that goes in a circle continuously. The three elements of the triangle are Person, Behavior, and Environment. It is important for us to realize that all three of these factors will impact each other. If we can influence one of these aspects it will have a ripple effect over the other two categories. I also think that our goal with using this theory is to get the students behavior to be self regulated. This will enrich the lives of our students for the rest of their lives.