What are the educational implication of insight theory?

Answer 1

Educational implications of Gestalt theory of learning:

1. Learning purposeful & goal oriented.
2. Motivation to the learner
3. Acquaint with specific aims & purposes of the learning.
4. Emphasis on situation as a whole -- maxim from whole to parts.

Example: To learn or memorize a poem, present as a whole. After being read & understood as a whole, break into parts or stanzas as for effective memorized.

1. Organization of a perceptual fields & learning material as a whole.

Learning cannot be related to subject or skill. It should be collection of isolated facts, informations or unrelated behaviuoral acts. Contributes in organization of curriculum, scheme of studies, work plan & procedure of planning the schedule of learning or teaching of a skill or a behavior.

1. Distinction between a psychological & a logical order of presentation.

Example: to teach matter we have to proceed as subelectronic particles electrons, atoms molecules and matter.

Example: in geography: map of the world an orange and the relation of sun & earth.

1. Problem solving attitude develops
2. Encourages reasoning, develops thinking & trains imagination & creative activity