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What were the contributions of Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904-1990) towards the development of philosophy of education?

What were the contributions of Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904-1990) towards the development of philosophy of education?

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sharon
-Emphasized methods called direct instruction and precision.
-Behaviourists theories play largely in his proposed ideas of “Social Engineering.”
-Precision teaching uses the basic philosophy that “The Learner Knows Best”
-Skinner conducted pioneering research and created his own school of radical behaviourism.
-The school seeks to understand behavior as a function of environmental histories of reinforcing consequences
-He is known as the inventor of operant conditioning (or Skinner Box)
-Skinner Box was a research tool used to examine the orderly relations of the bahaviour of organisms (eg rats, pigeons, and humans) in their environments
sharon kalunda answered the question on March 13, 2019 at 10:00

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