Facilitating Adult Education — The Behaviorist, Humanistic and Critical Paradigms

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Behaviorist Paradigm

Behavioral learning theory, “assumes that the outcome of learning is change in behavior and emphasizes the effects of external events upon the individual” (Woolfolk, 1998, p. 205). The behaviorist orientation forms the basis for the traditional didactic orientation toward learning and teaching, emphasizing…