1. BEHAVIOURISM
Is it you?

2. Chocolate Treat
Every time you hear the bell ring and your
presenters say it is ok please feel free to take a
chocolate.
If we don’t say it is ok please refrain
from helping yourself.
*DING*

3. Behaviourism
Assumptions
1. Change in behaviour
2. Environment shapes behaviour
3. Reinforcement
Learning → new behaviour →conditioningDefinition:

4. Behaviourism Theory
B F Skinner 1904-1990
• Known as Radical behaviourism
• ‘Operant’- how behaviour ‘operates on
the environment’
• ‘Conditioning’- how desired behaviour
is reinforced by
rewards or punishments
• Measurable changes in behaviour
Operational Conditioning

5. Activity 2
Positive and Negative Reinforcement
Instructions (5mins)
Categorise the examples of positive and negative
reinforcement
Think of more examples you have used in your
teaching sessions
Use handout provided

7. Chocolate Treat
Why?
Did you take a chocolate without hearing the ding?
If you did it is because of..................
Classical conditioning (also known as Pavlovian conditioning) is a form of
learning in which the conditioned stimulus (ringing a bell and being told to)
comes to signal the occurrence of a second stimulus (taking a chocolate).
The conditioned response is the learned response from the previously neutral
stimulus.
In other words when you hear that ding you become conditioned to take a
chocolate
If you did not...............
It is because you have free thought and can rationalise.
In terms of teaching we can use conditioning to create desired behaviours
inside and outside the classroom.

8. Strengths and Criticism
Criticisms
Ignores thought processes and
emotions (cognitive)
Does not take free-will into
consideration
Totally teacher orientated
Little or no input from learner
Strengths
Easily controlled by teacher (SMART
objectives)
Some learners benefit from repetition
Measurable
Rewards and punishments are clear

9. Any Questions?
Thank you