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This is where a learner takes ownership and responsibility for their learning. It is an individualised approach, but with the help of a facilitator (e.g. tutor) to support them in creating their own learning plan.

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An attitude and approach to how someone conducts themselves and how they treat others.

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A theory of learning which focuses on understanding how behaviour influences learning and how behaviours can be influenced through practices such as rewards, penalties, repetition, teacher-controlled instruction and decision making. B.F. Skinner was a leading proponent of behaviourism.

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An approach to learning in which a single focused learning outcome, concept, skill, term, sound bites, or similar, is undertaken as a small chunk, a 'bite', of learning in one session.

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Benjamin Bloom describes three domains of learning (cognitive; affective; psychomotor) each of which encompass different learning features, which increased in complexity.

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An idea generation and problem-solving technique which is about generating as many ideas as possible, with participants calling out ideas and someone jotting them down.

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An idea generation and problem-solving technique which is about generating as many ideas as possible.

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A theory of learning, often termed enquiry or problem-based learning, with Jerome Bruner being generally recognised as developing this approach to learning, albeit arguably being influenced by earlier works of others.

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A theory of learning, by Jerome Bruner, which emphasises the need to provide a clear and well-structured approach to gradually building up levels of complexity from a simple starting point.

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A different spelling of Bite Sized Learning.