The Technology of Teaching

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Skinner has written some books that are about theories and principles of behaviorism applied to social or philosophical questions. Unfortunately, these books overlooked what Skinner did best - behavioral analysis. This book sticks to that and how to apply it to education, a field where it can be very useful. I use his techniques with my students. Skinner is also very familiar w...(展開全部) Skinner has written some books that are about theories and principles of behaviorism applied to social or philosophical questions. Unfortunately, these books overlooked what Skinner did best - behavioral analysis. This book sticks to that and how to apply it to education, a field where it can be very useful. I use his techniques with my students. Skinner is also very familiar with the field of Education and implicitly responds to other educational thinkers like Dewey, etc. Skinner often gets a bad rap (and is frequently confused with Pavlov whom he couldn't be more dissimilar from), but he is actually one of the more progressive educational thinkers of all time and was instrumental in raising the standard of care for intellectually disabled people and was adamant about educational reform. He opposes the use of punishment (which most other educational psychologists and philosophers still support) and is quite frank about the fact that we use the threat of force or law to keep children in school. On the other hand, Skinner is not wishy-washy about being firm in the classroom. He is practical. He comes up with procedures for keeping a classroom orderly and the kinds of drill and skill techniques that enhance learning and enhance motivation. Unlike his other books where he talks about Behaviorism, in this one, he shows how to employ these techniques in a classroom. And boy, does it ever work. A caveat - Skinner comes up with what is essentially a computer program for immediate reinforcement, which was prescient of recent developments. Personally, I've seen

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