Running Head: SOLDIERS AND DOGS

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SOLDIERS AND DOGS

Soldiers and Dogs: Behaviourism and Education Behaviourism has man/ adherents0 those ho ,elieve it to ,e an e11ective learning theor/ +oint to successes in managing di11icult or o112tas* ,ehaviours- hich are o1ten considered detrimental to education' 3hat these su++orters have 1ailed to recogni4eho ever- is that hile Behavioural techni5ues hel+ control the su,6ects- the/ do not necessaril/ 1acilitate learning' Hautau- S*inner- 71a11man- 8oster- 9 !lar* :$..;< note that the use o1 Behavioural methods im+roved student ,ehaviour0 the authors did notho ever- e=amine i1 these methods enhanced learning' Although Behaviourism can modi1/ ,ehaviour- it does not necessaril/ increase or im+rove learning' 8or this reasonBehaviourism can ,e 5uite use1ul hen a++lied to the right audience :an audience that needs to react instinctivel/ to an e=ternal stimulus- li*e soldiers or dogs< ,ut is unsuccess1ul hen used to e=+lain ho or h/ learning occurred' G>*menoglu- Eret- 9 ?ira4' :$.1.< state that Behavioural techni5ues are used 1or militar/ training as the/ can ,e em+lo/ed 5uic*l/ and 1or large audiences' Ellis and Ne ton :$..&< note that the arm/ uses ver/ structured and didactic methods o1 instruction- hel+ing ensure that ,ehaviour ,ecomes uni1orm' Individualit/ is sacri1iced so that the unit can 1unction as one' "hese same techni5ues are also e11ective hen training dogs- as the/ 5uic*l/ connect the stimulus2res+onse +attern that 1orms the ,ac*,one o1 Behaviourist +rinci+les' De+ending on the desired outcome- Behavioural techni5ues can ,e 5uite use1ul' I1 one is loo*ing to mould a grou+ into a cohesive unit or control an animal- then Behaviourism can ,e e11icient and e11ective' I1 the desired outcome is to train su,6ects to

SOLDIERS AND DOGS ,e sel12re1lective- anal/tical- or creative- then Behaviourism is not the right choice' Even though it ma/ create an environment conducive to learning- Behaviourism does not e=+lain ho the su,6ects learned and cannot ,e considered an e11ective method 1or e=amining learning'

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