In a classroom where cognitive strategies are used, the teacher fulfills a pivotal role, bridging the gap between student and content/skill to be learned. Teachers teach with routines and instructional supports that assist students as they apply appropriate techniques and strategies.

The Behaviorist Approach. By Dr. Saul McLeod, updated 2020. Behaviorism, also known as behavioral psychology, is a theory of learning which states all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment through a process called conditioning. Thus, behavior is simply a response to environmental stimuli.

How can you apply this?

1. Teacher leads the class through a topic.
2. Students listen silently.
3. Teacher then sets a task based on the information.
4. Students complete the task and await feedback.
5. The teacher gives feedback, then sets the next task.
6. With each round of feedback, the student is being conditioned to learn the material.

Choice and freedom are fundamental to existentialist philosophy. One object of a curriculum will be to expose learners to a wide range of options from which to choose their own identity, goals, and values.

Students have the freedom to do things their own way. Existential pedagogy is relevant to modern times. It is a beneficial educational theory. Existential pedagogy illuminates the core of teaching and learning as personal pursuits to find meaning, define identities, and live authentically and freely.

According to existentialists, a good education emphasizes individuality. the primary step in any education then is to grasp ourselves. Making existential methods within the classroom requires a balance during which both teachers and learners as human beings preserve their identity.

Existentialism lays stress on the existence of humans and Sartre believes that human existence is the result of chance or accident. There is no meaning or purpose of our lives other than what our freedom creates since existence manifests itself in the choice of actions, anxiety and freedom of the will.