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B.F. Skinner’s Views on Education
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Behavior in the Elementary Classroom.
  • Shaping behavior in the classroom
  • Acquire behavior that will benefit the student later in life
  • Poor behavior can be enforced
  • Distraction reinforces bad behavior
  • Reinforce proper behavior


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Traditional Discipline in the Elementary Classroom
  • Focus primarily on Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
  • Students not prepared to enjoy their life
  • Children too dependent on the teacher
  • Not encouraged enough to explore their environment
  • No allowance for individual progress
  • Educational materials not sufficient


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Elementary Education Improvements
  • Programmed Instruction
  • Teaching machines
  • Improved efficiency in the classroom
  • Look at value of education and why we teach what we teach
  • Child that explores environment will be more advanced
  • Classroom environment constructed to bring child under control



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Elementary Education Improvements  Continued.
  • Temporary reinforcement to bring about desired behavior (immediate gratification)
  • Reinforced for coming to school and learning something
  • Token System to Credit System
  • Effectiveness of learning is the responsibility of education
  • Redesign the system to take progress as an indication of success
  • Success is by accomplishment (No finals)


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Benefits to Culture
  • Effective education methods will benefit culture as a whole, by teaching students to develop their full potential and enjoy life.
  • Improvement of Culture occurs bit by bit
  • The greatest good for the greatest number of people
  • Good culture has very few rebels – fewer drug addicts, fewer criminals, etc.