REET Level 2 study notes
Learning Theories
Match classroom evidence with behaviourist, Gestalt, Bandura and Piaget theory cues.
Key points
- Match classroom evidence with behaviourist, Gestalt, Bandura and Piaget theory cues.
- Use reinforcement, insight, modelling and active construction as broad classroom signs.
- Question pitfalls often involve wrong theorist attribution or treating theory names as slogans.
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Syllabus boundary
Stay inside the official anchor: theories of learning named as behaviourist, Gestaltism, Bandura and Piaget. Avoid adding unsupported theorist biographies, publication years, obscure experiments or claims not supplied by the reviewed grounding.
Classroom use
Use short vignettes. The teacher should ask learners to justify the match in one sentence. This makes theory functional for classroom decision-making rather than a name list.
Teacher reasoning checks
For REET, the teacher's reasoning should stay at the level of broad, official theory cues. If the vignette shows learners copying a teacher's respectful discussion behaviour, Bandura is safer than a generic child-centred label. If the vignette shows sudden grasp of a relationship, Gestalt is more appropriate than reinforcement. If practice with feedback strengthens a response, behaviourist framing may fit. If the learner...