1. OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING

2. DEFINITION OF OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
LEARNING THROUGH WATCHING

3. FOUNDER OF OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
Albert Bandura:
He believes strongly in nurture
He studied modeling and imitating
His famous experiment, the bobo doll experiment, demonstrates his views on the effects of observational learning

4. 4 STAGES TO OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
1. ATTENTION: -Must pay attention to behaviour of others 2. RETENTION: -Store a mental representation of what you observed in your memory 3. REPRODUCTION -Convert your stored memory into action (may need practice, may have to return to stage 1 & 2) 4. MOTIVATION: -Must believe the skill is useful or important

5. OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING & CHILDREN
Most early skills are learned through observation
Bandura’s BOBO Doll Experiment
-Showed what happens if children observed violence

6. RESULTS OF BOBO DOLL EXPERIMENT

7. DEBATE
Are children who watch violence on TV, in video games, in movies, more likely to act violently as they age?

8. LEARNING AND DISCRIMINATION
IS DISCRIMINATION LEARNED?

9. LEARNING AND DISCRIMINATION CONT…
Attitudes are learned
Proven that young children naturally accept each other, no discrimination present
When children are introduced to negative or positive attitudes, their attitude begins to reflect what they have learned

10. LEARNING AND DISCRIMINATION CONT…
School plays an important role in this issue
STRUCTURALLY: Teaching & learning contributions of all in society
UNSTRUCTURALLY: reactions & treatments showed to people