How IT fits with the theories of education

The theories that support instructional technology (IT) fit in with the theories of education in the following ways:

• Constructivism is a learning theory that talks more about the process of how students learn things. The theory of education that fits the best is essentialism. According to the reading, The Need for a Reconstructed Philosophy, The curriculum is to be more structured and since this is one of the most common and traditional types of education it fits hand in hand with constructivisim. In constructivism, the roles of the student and teacher are well defined and are the most traditional way with the students being the problem-solvers and being in control of what they are understanding and this is also with the teacher being the person who facilitates the knowledge.
  

• Behaviorism is a learning theory that looks at things you can observe the things that happen because of the things that were taught. The theory of education that seems to fit in the most here is progressivism. In the reading from yesterday, The Need for A Reconstructed Philosophy, it talks about how the school should become a laboratory where all experiences can be learned. The article also talks about how everything is learned and that is what Pavlov did with his dogs and classic conditioning. That is also what skinner did with his rats and operant conditioning. The more someone learns something the better they are going to get.

• Communication theory is a process theory and talks about how we teach and understand the behavior. Before we can communicate we must all have similar backgrounds. The educational theory that best fits is reconstructivism. This educational theory advocates more technology and have education help with what someone is meant to do. It fits in with the communication theory because people need to start giving more feedback and there are many more mediums now to communicate with.
  

• Systems theory is a process theory and talks about how it is behaviorally oriented. It tends to deal more with being a problem solver and using the scientific method. The educational theory that fits the best is perennialism because it deals with the universal and unchanging truth. When being a logical problem solver and using the scientific method that is what you find is truths to what is being researched.
  

This is how I understood the article and how I feel the theories of education fit in with the theories that support instructional technology! :)