Three Theories

This week in my Master’s class I learned about three theories of how people learn and acquire knowledge. I think each offers valid points but I can’t help but see them in a time line format. Each one seems to represent the way people learned in a different time period.

Constructivism represents the past way of learning to me. People would use the information they acquired and build new ideas and theories based upon the knowledge the already knew. An example of this would be how families would have the same profession generation after generation. The father would be a blacksmith, the son would then be a blacksmith, and then the grandson would be a blacksmith. Each generation would learn and improve the techniques from the previous generation.

Connectivism represents the way I think people learn today. People may not know the answers to their problems but they reach out and connect with others and communities of others to find answers. People today view this ability to find the answers as knowledgeable.

The Cyborg theory is if a futuristic view of how people will learn. Since I do not see this theory as feasible in the near future, it is then classified as futuristic. I see this as the way people will learn in the future.