INTRODUCTION

LEARNING THEORIES

LEARNING, AN HISTORICAL VIEW

BEHAVIOURISM AND LEARNING
1. CLASSICAL OR RESPONDENT CONDITIONING:
2. OPERANT OR INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING:
3. PROGRAMMED LEARNING
4. GESTALT AND FIELD THEORIES

THE WORK OF JEAN PIAGET

STAGES OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT

LEVEL I, Kindergarten to Grade Three. Operational Intelligence.
LEVEL II, Grades Four to Grade Six, Concrete Operation.
LEVEL III, Grades Seven and up, Formal Operations.

COGNITION

TRANSFORMATION

STRUCTURE

CONCEPTS, What Are They?

LEVEL I
LEVEL II "Physical Casualty"
LEVEL III


THE WORK OF JEROME S. BRUNER

STRUCTURE
(A) Action
(B) Imagery
(C) Symbolism

Ikonic representation
The Lexiconic Mode

THE PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY OF PLANETARIUM EDUCATION:

THE PHILOSOPHY

THE ONE SHOT AFFAIR OBJECTIVES

THE THEORY

A LEARNING OR "TEACHING" METHOD FOR PLANETARIUM EDUCATORS



PART II APPLICATIONS

BEHAVIOUR IN THE PLANETARIUM

OBSERVATIONS IN THE PLANETARIUM

LEVEL I Kindergarten to Grade Three; O.I.

LEVEL I OBSERVATIONS
THE METAPHOR & CREATIVE THINKING, A MODE OF COMMUNICATiON
THE USE OF HUMOUR

LEVEL II Grades Four to Grades Six; C.O.
OBSERVATIONS IN THE PLANETARIUM LEVEL II

LEVEL IIl Grades Seven and beyond; F.O.
OBSERVATIONS IN THE PLANETARIUM LEVEL III


THE SHAZAM ATTACK

PROGRAM IDEAS FOR A CAPTIVATED AUDIENCE

THE SHAZAM ATTACK FOR LEVEL I STUDENTS

1. Music and Sound-Effects
2. Stories
3. Exploration by way of the Metaphor
4. Use Visual Representation before Verbal Representation
5. Games.

PROGRAMMING OBJECTIVES FOR LEVEL I


THE SHAZAM ATTACK FOR LEVEL II

1. The Structured Concept
2. INVOLVEMENT


OBJECTIVES LEVEL II PROGRAMMING


THE SHAZAM ATTACK FOR LEVEL III "ANYTHING GOES"

Level III and the Teen-culture.


RESEARCH NEW AREAS

RESEARCH METHODS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANETARIUM PROGRAMMING

A Statistical Approach
The Q & A Approach
STORY WRITING
Some Samples
Questionaires
15 Responses from 437 Samples

Conclusions

Bilbliography

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