XRAYING OPERANT CONDITIONING LEARNING THEORY AS A CLASSROOM MANAGER AND PROMOTER OF (MUSIC) LEARNING

Abstract

Behaviourism learning theories are most often utilized in the creation of instructional environments suitable for all round development for the learner. These theories, however were developed when learning was not impacted through technology. But over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how people live, how they communicate and how they learn. Hence Siemens(2014), opined that "learning needs and theories that describe learning principles and processes should be reflective of underlying social environments." Learning theories derived from behavioural psychologies were employed as one of the basis for music education research and practice by educators, psychologists, theorists and researchers. According to Teatle and Cutietta (2004); These contributions, mostly influenced by educational psychologists, began with the educational and societal transitions of the 1960s. Interest in learning theories gathered momentum during the years of the Ann Arbor Symposia and continue to be impacted technological advances, the resurgence of interest in 'learning through doing' and related to it the application of 'situated learning' to the study of music learning.(p.280) Taetle and Cutietta (2004) had stated that: Numerous of theories ground research and practice in the domain of music.As theories of psycho-acoustics guide the construction of a concert hall, theories of information and expectancy suggest to composers a listeners capacity for music appreciation, theories of musical preference affect a concert programme's decision making