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Mayes, J. T. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2015
The term "vicarious learning" was introduced in the 1960s by Bandura, who demonstrated how learning can occur through observing the behaviour of others. Such social learning is effective without the need for the observer to experience feedback directly. More than twenty years later a series of studies on vicarious learning was undertaken…
Descriptors: Observational Learning, Informal Education, Socialization, Higher Education
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Van Fleet, Alanson – Journal of Thought, 1979
Drawing on anthropological theories of cultural transmission, the author suggests that the simple notion of teacher education be replaced with a concept incorporating teacher education (instruction in formal procedures), teacher enculturation (role-learning through observation), and teacher schooling (transmission of professional folklore which…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anthropology, Higher Education, Learning Experience
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Journal of Teacher Education, 1984
A study initiated to observe begining teachers and mentor-protege relationships found that college professors/supervisors and school principals were listed most often as significant influences. The development and benefits of these relationships are explored. (DF)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Higher Education, Mentors, Observational Learning
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Lucas, Ann F. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1990
Efforts to enhance student motivation can be more effective if they are approached from the perspective of psychological models of what drives human behavior including social learning theory, personal growth as a primary goal, cognitive development theory, self-efficacy theory, and expectancy-value theory. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Instruction, Competence, Higher Education
Artino, Anthony R., Jr. – Online Submission, 2007
Since the publication of their seminal article entitled, "Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models" (Bandura, Ross, & Ross, 1961), the work of Albert Bandura and his co-authors has had an immeasurable impact on the field of psychology, in general, and educational psychology, more specifically. The purpose of this report is…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Socialization, Educational Psychology, Observational Learning
McDiarmid, G. Williamson – 1990
The objective of an early field experience program is to force students to confront their assumptions on teaching. The experience, coupled with activities and readings in the university classroom, is designed to make students reconsider a variety of issues--what it means to learn something, the intellectual capabilities of children, the role of…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction, Observational Learning
Stone, Gerald L. – 1981
This paper outlines some of the origins and functions of modeling within a human service training context, particularly counseling psychology, and discusses some of the consequences of modeling as a training method. The materials suggest that an emphasis on affective experience and behavioral methodologies has limited the potential of social…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Counselors, Higher Education, Human Services