Like Suggestopedia,the Silent Way rested on more cognitive than affective arguments for its theoretical sustenance.While Caleb Gattegno,its founder,was said to be interested in a “humanistic” approach ( Chamot & McKeon 1984 : 2 ) to education,much of the Silent Way was characterized by a problem-solving approach to learning.Richards and Rodgers ( 1986:99) summarized the [...]
ABSTRACT
An experiment was carried out to determine the effect of several elements of mastery learning on student achievement in an undergraduate course on curriculum development and instruction, which is a less sequential course than the type of courses used in prior studies. [...]
Suggestopedia was another educational innovation that promised great results if we would simply use our brain power.According to Dr. Georgi Lazanov ( 1979),people are capable of learning much more than they give themselves credit for.Drawing on insights from Soviet psychological research on extrasensory perception,Lozanov created a method for learning that capitalized on relaxed states of [...]
In his “Counseling-Learning” model of education,Charles Curran was inspired by Carl Rogers’s view of education in which students and teacher join together to facilitate learning in a context of valuing and prizing each individual in the group.In such a surrounding, each person lowers the defenses that prevent open,interpersonal communication.The anxiety caused by the educational context [...]
