2010, Number 2
Perinatol Reprod Hum 2010; 24 (2)
Importance of psychological paradigms focusing on learning
Ramírez-Arrieta MA
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Language: Spanish
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Page: 146-151
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ABSTRACT
In the Educational Psychology the paradigms are approaches which explain the training reality; they predict new events and thus it is possible to produce higher knowledge. Through this study, teachers, students and leaders of educational institutions, have the opportunity to create solid contexts of teaching, learning, intervention and investigation. The two paradigms to try are cognitive and humanistic. Each one provides different explanations of training reality serving as detonators for teaching reflection. One of the study objects of cognitive paradigm is how the subject develops their mental representations and explains it through information processing. The theoreticians analyze the elements by which the information is organized, recovered, developed and implemented. It has also been considered that metacognition self-regulation are an important part in the intentional and consciencius acquisition of learning. Some key elements are motivation, goal setting, the use of strategies for achieving significant learning. The human paradigm emerges as “the third force” in the 60’s. It is based on the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, which defined the man as the center of life and a free agent, responsible and able to choose their destiny to achieve self-realization. Every human being is aware and gives meaning to their reality through self-knowledge and experiences. In education, the supplier designs situations to lead students to their self-emphasizing such things as responsibility, creativity, initiative, thinking, problem solving, independence, self-regulate, self-assessment, critical thinking and collaborative work.REFERENCES